LOGC2, Inc

B-412700.2 May 13, 2016 Jump To VIEW DECISION DOWNLOADS RELATED PAGES GAO CONTACTS Highlights LOGC2, Inc., of Huntsville, Alabama, challenges the issuance of a task order to Octo Consulting (Octo), of McLean, Virginia, under request for task order proposals (RFTOP) No. W52P1J-15-R-EI3M, issued by Department of the Army, Army Materiel Command for, among other things, program management and engineering support for the Project Manager Installation Information Infrastructure Communications and Capabilities (PM I3C2) and Product Director Information Infrastructure Modernization Program (PD I3MP) program offices in the Alexandria, Virginia area. LOGC2 protests the evaluation of its proposal and the agency's source selection decision. We deny the protest. We deny the protest. View Decision Decision Matter of:  LOGC2, Inc. File:  B-412700.2 Date:  May 13, 2016 Forrest Burke, for the protester. Jonathan D. Shaffer, Esq., and Mary Pat Buckenmeyer, Esq., Smith Pachter McWhorter PLC, for Octo Consulting, an intervenor. Debra J. Talley, Esq., and Erica Harder Smith, Esq., Department of the Army, for the agency. Lois Hanshaw, Esq., and Christina Sklarew, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging an agency’s evaluation of the protester’s technical proposal and best-value decision is denied where the record shows that the agency’s evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation. DECISION LOGC2, Inc., of Huntsville, Alabama, challenges the issuance of a task order[1] to Octo Consulting (Octo), of McLean, Virginia,under request for task order proposals (RFTOP) No. W52P1J-15-R-EI3M, issued by Department of the Army, Army Materiel Command for, among other things, program management and engineering support for the Project Manager Installation Information Infrastructure Communications and Capabilities (PM I3C2) and Product Director Information Infrastructure Modernization Program (PD I3MP) program offices in the Alexandria, Virginia area.[2]  LOGC2 protests the evaluation of its proposal and the agency’s source selection decision. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND On March 11, 2015, the agency awarded Enterprise Information Technology Services (EITS) multiple-award ID/IQ contracts to four small businesses, including LOGC2, for enterprise services.[3]  Agency Report (AR), Tab 15, Source Selection Decision (SSD), at 1. On October 28, 2015, the agency issued the RFTOP to the small business EITS ID/IQ contract holders.[4]  RFTOP at 1, 2.  The solicitation contemplated the award of a fixed-price task order for a 1-year base period and two 12-month option periods on a best-value basis, considering price and a technical factor, with the technical factor being significantly more important than price.  Id. at 3, 13. As relevant here, the technical factor required offerors to address three areas:  (1) a program management approach and methodology (program management approach); (2) a plan to recruit, train, retain, and replace personnel (personnel approach); and (3) a quality control plan.  Id. at 8-9. The program management approach required offerors to describe their approach and understanding of the task scope, including, as relevant here, information assurance (IA) considerations in a program management office setting.  Id. at 8-9.  The RFTOP also required offerors to address their technical approach and methodology to meeting the performance work statement (PWS) task area elements given the constraints and other requirements.  Id. at 9.  As also relevant here, PWS ¶ 3.5, IA, Certification and Accreditation, required the contractor to provide engineering and IA support personnel to assist the program office in the accreditation process of an existing system, or in the design of a new system, and to ensure that proper security postures exist throughout the system design.  RFTOP, PWS at 27.  This section also required the contractor to provide an IA team to support the program office with certification and accreditation, network security, security training and awareness, vulnerability assessments, technical integration, and multi-level security.  Id. at 27-28.  Additionally, PWS ¶ 3.5 required the contractor to ensure that all IA required system documentation was in compliance with current DOD policies, to include DOD Information Assurance Certification and Accreditation Process (DIACAP) requirements.  Id. at 28.  With respect to the personnel approach, the RFTOP required offerors to describe the corporation’s objective and commitment to maintain each employee’s knowledge and skills equivalent to industry market standards and to keep abreast of new technologies.  RFTOP at 9. The solicitation required that proposals be precise, detailed, and complete to clearly and fully demonstrate a thorough knowledge and understanding of the requirements.  Id.