NOVA Corporation

B-411851 Nov 06, 2015 Jump To VIEW DECISION DOWNLOADS RELATED PAGES GAO CONTACTS Highlights NOVA Corporation, of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, protests the rejection of its proposal, and award of a contract to Chameleon Integrated Services, of St. Louis, Missouri, under request for proposals (RFP) No. 00013, issued by the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), Defense Information Technology Contracting Organization (DITCO), for support services for the agency's global service desk. The protester argues that the agency improperly determined that its proposal was non-responsive based on its failure to submit a Department of Defense Contract Security Classification Specification form (DD Form 254). We deny the protest. We deny the protest. View Decision 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:  NOVA Corporation File:  B-411851 Date:  November 6, 2015 James Y. Boland, Esq., William L. Walsh, Jr., Esq., and Nathaniel S. Canfield, Esq., Venable LLP, for the protester. Robert J. Symon, Esq., and Lisa A. Markman, Esq., Bradley Arant Boult Cummings, LLP, for Chameleon Integrated Services, the intervenor. Sarah L. Carroll, Esq., Defense Information Systems Agency, for the agency. Peter D. Verchinski, Esq., and Nora K. Adkins, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Agency reasonably rejected protester’s proposal where the proposal failed to provide information required by the solicitation. DECISION NOVA Corporation, of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, protests the rejection of its proposal, and award of a contract to Chameleon Integrated Services, of St. Louis, Missouri, under request for proposals (RFP) No. 00013, issued by the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), Defense Information Technology Contracting Organization (DITCO), for support services for the agency’s global service desk.  The protester argues that the agency improperly determined that its proposal was non-responsive based on its failure to submit a Department of Defense Contract Security Classification Specification form (DD Form 254). We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The RFP, issued on May 13, 2015, contemplated the issuance of a task order with fixed-price and cost‑reimbursable elements for a 1‑year base period and three 1‑year option periods.  The RFP limited competition to the four Small Business Administration section 8(a) firms holding a DISA Information Technology Enterprise Support Services (DESS) indefinite-delivery, indefinite‑quantity (ID/IQ) contract.  The solicitation was posted on DITCO’s Contracting Opportunities (DCOP) website, and it informed offerors that proposals must be submitted through the DCOP website by June 4, 2015, at 11:00 a.m.  RFP, amend. 3, at 2, 8.  As relevant to this protest, the RFP required an offeror to submit a completed DD Form 254 with its proposal.  The RFP further provided that the agency reserves the right to reject any proposal that “does not adhere to the administrative requirements of this RFP.”  Id. at 3. NOVA submitted its proposal on June 3.  According to the protester, it uploaded its proposal to the website in 11 separate documents by 11:45 p.m.  Protest at 4; Protest, exh. 2, Affidavit of Client Relationship Manager, at 2.  One of these documents was NOVA’s proposal Volume IV, Contract Documentation, which contained NOVA’s DD Form 254.  Protest, exh.