B-298249.6, B-298249.7, B-298249.8, B-298249.9, B-298249.10, B-298249.11, B-298249.12, B-298249.13, B-298249.14, B-298249.15, B-298249.16, B-298249.17, B-298249.18, B-298249.19, B-298249.20, Multimax, Inc.; NCI Information Systems, Inc.; BAE Systems Information Technology LLC; Northrop Grumman Information Technology, Inc.; Pragmatics, Inc., October 24, 2006

B-298249.6, B-298249.7, B-298249.8, B-298249.9, B-298249.10, B-298249.11, B-298249.12, B-298249.13, B-298249.14, B-298249.15, B-298249.16, B-298249.17, B-298249.18, B-298249.19, B-298249.20, Multimax, Inc.; NCI Information Systems, Inc.; BAE Systems Information Technology LLC; Northrop Grumman Information Technology, Inc.; Pragmatics, Inc., October 24, 2006 TITLE: B-298249.6, B-298249.7, B-298249.8, B-298249.9, B-298249.10, B-298249.11, B-298249.12, B-298249.13, B-298249.14, B-298249.15, B-298249.16, B-298249.17, B-298249.18, B-298249.19, B-298249.20, Multimax, Inc.; NCI Information Systems, Inc.; BAE Systems Information Technology LLC; Northrop Grumman Information Technology, Inc.; Pragmatics, Inc., October 24, 2006 BNUMBER: B-298249.6, B-298249.7, B-298249.8, B-298249.9, B-298249.10, B-298249.11, B-298249.12, B-298249.13, B-298249.14, B-298249.15, B-298249.16, B-298249.17, B-298249.18, B-298249.19, B-298249.20 DATE: October 24, 2006 ****************************************************************************************************************************************** B-298249.6, B-298249.7, B-298249.8, B-298249.9, B-298249.10,B-298249.11, B-298249.12, B-298249.13, B-298249.14, B-298249.15, B-298249.16, B-298249.17, B-298249.18, B-298249.19, B-298249.20, Multimax, Inc.; NCI Information Systems, Inc.; BAE Systems Information Technology LLC; Northrop Grumman Information Technology, Inc.; Pragmatics, Inc., October 24, 2006 DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. Decision Matter of: Multimax, Inc.; NCI Information Systems, Inc.; BAE Systems Information Technology LLC; Northrop Grumman Information Technology, Inc.; Pragmatics, Inc. File: B-298249.6, B-298249.7, B-298249.8, B-298249.9, B-298249.10, B-298249.11, B-298249.12, B-298249.13, B-298249.14, B-298249.15, B-298249.16, B-298249.17, B-298249.18, B-298249.19, B-298249.20 Date: October 24, 2006 David S. Cohen, Esq., John J. O*Brien, Esq., Rowena Laxa, Esq., Laurel Hockey, Esq., and Catherine Kroll, Esq., Cohen Mohr, for Multimax, Inc.; Shelly L. Ewald, Esq., Timothy E. Heffernan, Esq., Louis B. Antonacci, Esq., Meghan M. DiPerna, Esq., and Justin M. Hargrove, Esq., Watt, Tieder, Hoffar & Fitzgerald, for NCI Information Systems, Inc; Drew A. Harker, Esq., Matthew H. Solomson, Esq., Chad E. Miller, Esq., and Patricia L. Stasco, Esq., Arnold & Porter, for BAE Systems Information Technology LLC; Anne B. Perry, Esq., John W. Chierichella, Esq., Jonathan S. Aronie, Esq., Marko Kipa, Esq., Louis D. Victorino, Esq., and Keith R. Szeliga, Esq., Sheppard Mullin, for Northrop Grumman Information Technology, Inc.; Karen R. Harbaugh, Esq., Robert E. Gregg, Esq., and Steven Tibbets, Esq., Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, for Pragmatics, Inc., the protesters. Carl J. Peckinpaugh, Esq., and Helaine G. Elderkin, Esq., Computer Sciences Corporation; Richard J. Webber, Esq., Lisa K. Miller, Esq., and Craig S. King, Esq., Arent Fox, for CACI-ISS, Inc.; Richard O. Duvall, Esq., David S. Black, Esq., Eric L. Yeo, Esq., and Caitlin K. Cloonan, Esq., Holland & Knight, for Booz Allen Hamilton; Alexander J. Brittin, Esq., and Margaret A. Dillenburg, Esq., for Science Applications International Corporation; Gerald H. Werfel, Esq., Pompan, Murray & Werfel, for STG, Inc.; Richard J. Conway, Esq., David M. Adler, Esq., and Joseph R. Berger, Esq., Dickstein Shapiro, for Apptis, Inc.; and Grant H. Willis, Esq., and Peter F. Garvin, III, Esq., Jones Day, for Electronic Data Systems, the intervenors. Raymond M. Saunders, Esq., Karl M. Ellcessor, Esq., and Lt. Col. Frank A. March, Department of the Army, for the agency. David A. Ashen, Esq., and John M. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Where agency identified certain proposed hourly labor rates as significantly higher than independent government cost estimate (IGCE) labor rates, offerors reasonably deduced--incorrectly, as record shows--that rates not identified were not significantly higher than IGCE rates, which led offerors to leave those rates unchanged in their final proposal revisions; discussions therefore were misleading and protest is sustained on that basis. DECISION Multimax, Inc., NCI Information Systems, Inc., BAE Systems Information Technology LLC, Northrop Grumman Information Technology, Inc. (NGI), and Pragmatics, Inc. protest the Department of the Army*s award of 11 contracts to other offerors, under request for proposals (RFP) No. W91QUZ-05-R-0004, under the agency*s Information Technology Enterprise Solutions-2 Services (ITES-2S) procurement for information technology (IT) services.