Camber Corporation

B-413505 Nov 10, 2016 Jump To VIEW DECISION DOWNLOADS RELATED PAGES GAO CONTACTS Highlights Camber Corporation, of Huntsville, Alabama, protests the Department of Justice's (DOJ) issuance of an order to NTT DATA Federal Services, Inc., of Vienna, Virginia, under request for quotations (RFQ) No. DJJB-16-RFQ-0940, for information technology (IT) support services. The protester argues that the agency unreasonably evaluated the vendors' quotations. 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:  Camber Corporation File:  B-413505 Date:  November 10, 2016 J. Dale Gipson, Esq., Tracy A. Marion, Esq., and Katherine E. McGuire, Esq., Lanier Ford Shaver & Payne PC; and J. Andrew Jackson, Esq., and Ryan P. McGovern, Esq., Jones Day, for the protester. Kevin J. Maynard, Esq., Gary S. Ward, Esq., and Cara L. Lasley, Esq., Wiley Rein LLP, for NTT DATA Federal Services, Inc., the intervenor. John R. Caterini, Esq., Kristen Hahn, Esq., and Barry C. Hansen, Esq., Department of Justice, for the agency. Peter D. Verchinski, Esq., and Amy B. Pereira, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging the evaluation of vendors’ technical quotations is denied where record shows that the agency’s evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation.  DECISION Camber Corporation, of Huntsville, Alabama, protests the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) issuance of an order to NTT DATA Federal Services, Inc., of Vienna, Virginia, under request for quotations (RFQ) No. DJJB-16-RFQ-0940, for information technology (IT) support services.  The protester argues that the agency unreasonably evaluated the vendors’ quotations. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The RFQ was issued on December 22, 2015, and sought quotations to provide IT support services for DOJ’s Executive Office of Immigration Review’s (EOIR) eWorld, which is a collection of IT systems related to management of EOIR’s immigration court hearings and cases.  Agency Report (AR) at 1.  The RFQ was issued under the Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) procedures of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 8.4 and was limited to vendors holding contracts under FSS schedule 70 for information technology.  RFQ at 3-19.[1]  The RFQ anticipated the issuance of a task order on a time and material basis with a 1‑year base period and four 1-year options.  Id.  The RFQ provided that award would be made to the vendor offering the best value to the government, considering technical merit and price.  Id. at 3-43.  The technical merit evaluation factor was composed of four subfactors (with corresponding point values):  experience (30 points), approach (30 points), personnel (30 points), and past performance (10 points).  Id. at 3-43-44.  Technical merit was considered significantly more important than price.  Id. at 3-43. The IT services being procured here consisted of 6 tasks for EOIR’s eWorld including server and database support; architectural design, development, and test services; SharePoint support; program and project management services; technical support for EOIR users; and monitoring/testing to maintain EOIR applications.  RFQ at 3-22-28.  The RFQ provided that the estimated number of full time equivalent employees (FTE) for all tasks was 43.  Id. at 3-28. This number of FTEs was provided for guide line purposes only.  Id. at 3-6. Offerors were instructed to provide their quotations in two parts:  a technical quotation and a price quotation.  With regard to the technical quotations, vendors were to include certain information relating to each of the evaluation subfactors (experience, approach, personnel, and past performance).  Id. at 3-41-43.   Under the experience subfactor, vendors were instructed to, among other things, “describe their corporate experience in Agile software development and management.”[2]  Id.