B-298494.2; B-298494.3; B-298494.4; B-298494.5; B-298494.6; B-298494.7; B-298494.8; B-298494.9; B-298494.10; B-298494.11; B-298494.12; B-298494.13; B-298494.14, Computer Sciences Corporation; Unisys Corporation; Northrop Grumman Information Technology, Inc.; IBM Business Consulting Services--Federal, May 10, 2007

B-298494.2; B-298494.3; B-298494.4; B-298494.5; B-298494.6; B-298494.7; B-298494.8; B-298494.9; B-298494.10; B-298494.11; B-298494.12; B-298494.13; B-298494.14, Computer Sciences Corporation; Unisys Corporation; Northrop Grumman Information Technology, Inc.; IBM Business Consulting Services--Federal, May 10, 2007 TITLE: B-298494.2; B-298494.3; B-298494.4; B-298494.5; B-298494.6; B-298494.7; B-298494.8; B-298494.9; B-298494.10; B-298494.11; B-298494.12; B-298494.13; B-298494.14, Computer Sciences Corporation; Unisys Corporation; Northrop Grumman Information Technology, Inc.; IBM Business Consulting Services--Federal, May 10, 2007 BNUMBER: B-298494.2; B-298494.3; B-298494.4; B-298494.5; B-298494.6; B-298494.7; B-298494.8; B-298494.9; B-298494.10; B-298494.11; B-298494.12; B-298494.13; B-298494.14 DATE: May 10, 2007 ********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** B-298494.2; B-298494.3; B-298494.4; B-298494.5; B-298494.6; B-298494.7; B-298494.8; B-298494.9; B-298494.10; B-298494.11; B-298494.12; B-298494.13; B-298494.14, Computer Sciences Corporation; Unisys Corporation; Northrop Grumman Information Technology, Inc.; IBM Business Consulting Services--Federal, May 10, 2007 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: Computer Sciences Corporation; Unisys Corporation; Northrop Grumman Information Technology, Inc.; IBM Business Consulting Services--Federal File: B-298494.2; B-298494.3; B-298494.4; B-298494.5; B-298494.6; B-298494.7; B-298494.8; B-298494.9; B-298494.10; B-298494.11; B-298494.12; B-298494.13; B-298494.14 Date: May 10, 2007 Carl J. Peckinpaugh, Esq., and Helaine G. Elderkin, Esq., for Computer Sciences Corporation; David S. Cohen, Esq., John J. O'Brien, Esq., Laurel A. Hockey, Esq., Bryan T. Bunting, Esq., Catherine K. Kroll, Esq., and Tenley A. Carp, Esq., Cohen Mohr LLP, and E. Charles Rowan, Jr., Esq., and Charlotte D. Young, Esq., for Unisys Corporation; William W. Thompson, Jr., Esq., Michael A. Branca, Esq., Lori Ann Lange, Esq., and Diane Foose, Esq., Peckar, Abramson, Bastianelli & Kelley, LLP, and Linda T. Maramba, Esq., for Northrop Grumman Information Technology, Inc.; John S. Pachter, Esq., Jonathan D. Shaffer, Esq., Mary Pat Gregory, Esq., and Matthew L. Haws, Esq., Smith Pachter McWhorter PLC, and Todd Hutchen, Esq., for IBM Business Consulting Services--Federal, the protesters. Thomas P. Barletta, Esq., Daniel C. Sauls, Esq., Paul R. Hurst, Esq., Michael J. Navarre, Esq., and Ana Holmes Voss, Esq., Steptoe & Johnson LLP, and James S. Kennell, Esq., for Science Applications International Corporation; Lori A. Conlon, Esq., for Lockheed Martin Information Services, Inc.; Kevin P. Mullen, Esq., David E. Fletcher, Esq., and Tara M. Lee, Esq., Cooley Godward Kronish LLP, for Electronic Data Systems Corp.; Thomas O. Mason, Esq., Frances E. Purcell, Jr., Esq., Robert E. Korroch, Esq., and Megan E. Burns, Esq., Williams Mullen, for Booz Allen Hamilton Inc.; and Gregory S. Jacobs, Esq., Reed Smith LLP, for CACI, Inc.--Federal, the intervenors. Robert R. Goff, Esq., Defense Information Systems Agency, for the agency. Guy R. Pietrovito, Esq., and James A. Spangenberg, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST In a negotiated procurement, an agency's exchanges with offerors with respect to their proposed subcontracting plans were discussions, where the solicitation provided for the comparative assessment of the merits of the plans as part of the agency's technical evaluation, a number of the offerors' subcontracting plans were assessed as being unacceptable, and the offerors made material revisions in their plans in response to the exchanges with the agency that made them acceptable. DECISION Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC); Unisys Corporation; Northrop Grumman Information Technology, Inc. (NGIT); and IBM Business Consulting Services--Federal protest the failure of the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), Department of Defense (DoD), to award "Encore II" contracts to the protesters under request for proposals (RFP) No. HC1013-05-R-2003 for information technology services supporting DoD and other federal agencies.