ManTech Advanced Systems International, Inc.

B-413717 Dec 16, 2016 Jump To VIEW DECISION DOWNLOADS RELATED PAGES GAO CONTACTS Highlights ManTech Advanced Systems International, Inc., of Fairfax, Virginia, protests the issuance of a task order under the General Services Administration's (GSA) One Acquisition Solution of Integrated Services (OASIS) contract program to CSRA LLC, of Falls Church, Virginia, under request for proposals (RFP) No. GSC-QFOB-16-33016, issued to acquire an array of logistics, sustainment and maintenance support services on behalf of the Department of the Army, Communications-Electronic Command (CECOM). ManTech alleges that the agency misevaluated its proposal and improperly failed to reject the proposal of CSRA. 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:  ManTech Advanced Systems International, Inc. File:  B-413717 Date:  December 16, 2016 Paul F. Khoury, Esq., Kara M. Sacilotto, Esq., Tracye Winfrey Howard, Esq., Craig Smith, Esq., and Nina S. Rustgi, Esq., Wiley Rein LLP, for the protester. Carl J. Peckinpaugh, Esq., and Brian F. Wilbourn, Esq., CSRA LLC; and Mark D. Colley, Esq., Dominique L. Casimir, Esq., and Nicole B. Neuman, Esq., Arnold & Porter LLP, for CSRA, LLC, an intervenor. Kelli Cochran-Seabrook, Esq., General Services Administration, for the agency. Scott H. Riback, Esq., and Tania Calhoun, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging the evaluation of proposals is denied where record shows that agency’s evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation and applicable statutes and regulations. DECISION ManTech Advanced Systems International, Inc., of Fairfax, Virginia, protests the issuance of a task order under the General Services Administration’s (GSA) One Acquisition Solution of Integrated Services (OASIS) contract program to CSRA LLC, of Falls Church, Virginia, under request for proposals (RFP) No. GSC-QFOB-16-33016, issued to acquire an array of logistics, sustainment and maintenance support services on behalf of the Department of the Army, Communications-Electronic Command (CECOM).  ManTech alleges that the agency misevaluated its proposal and improperly failed to reject the proposal of CSRA. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The RFP contemplates the issuance, on a best-value basis, of a cost-reimbursement type task order[1] to provide a wide variety of support services to CECOM.  Proposals were comprised of written cost/price and technical proposal submissions, along with an oral technical proposal presentation.  RFP at L-3.[2]  Firms were advised that proposals would be reviewed initially on a pass/fail basis to ensure conformance with six enumerated requirements.  RFP at M-1-M-2.  Firms further were advised that, once it was determined that their proposal met the pass/fail requirements, it would be evaluated for award considering cost, and three non-cost evaluation factors listed in descending order of importance:  technical and management approach, key personnel and project staffing, and corporate experience.[3]  RFP at M-3.  The RFP also provided for the evaluation of proposed cost for realism and reasonableness, but advised that only proposals receiving a rating of acceptable or better would be evaluated under the cost factor.  RFP at M‑2.  The RFP stated that the non-cost evaluation factors in combination were significantly more important than cost.  RFP at M-1. GSA received proposals from ManTech and CSRA in response to the solicitation.  The agency performed an initial evaluation of the proposals and assigned passing ratings to both proposals for all six of the enumerated pass/fail considerations.  AR, exh. 40, Final Technical Evaluation Report (FTER), at 7-9.  After conducting the oral presentations, the agency assigned an overall rating of good to the CSRA proposal.  Id. at 11.  The agency assigned the ManTech proposal good ratings under the technical and management approach and corporate experience factors, a rating of not acceptable under the key personnel and project staffing approach factor, and an overall proposal rating of not acceptable.  Id.  Because ManTech’s proposal received a rating of not acceptable, the agency did not evaluate its cost proposal.  AR, exh. 64, Source Selection Decision Document, at 5.  After evaluating the CSRA proposal for realism, the agency issued it a task order on the basis of initial proposals in the amount of $744,978,802.[4]  Id.