Technology and Telecommunications Consultants, Inc.

B-415029 Oct 16, 2017 Jump To VIEW DECISION DOWNLOADS RELATED PAGES GAO CONTACTS Highlights Technology and Telecommunications Consultants, Inc. (TTC), of Alexandria, Virginia, protests the award of a task order to Constellation West (CW), of Fairfax, Virginia, under task order request for proposals (TORP) No. FA4890-17-R-0021, issued by the Department of the Air Force for information technology services to support the Air Combat Command Personnel Recovery Division. TTC, the incumbent contractor, alleges that the agency unreasonably evaluated the awardee's proposal as technically acceptable. 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:  Technology and Telecommunications Consultants, Inc. File:  B-415029 Date:  October 16, 2017 Michael A. Gordon, Esq., Michael A. Gordon PLLC, and Wayne A. Keup, Esq., Wayne A. Keup, PLLC, for the protester. Maria L. Panichelli, Esq., Edward T. DeLisle, Esq., and Casey J. McKinnon, Esq., Cohen Seglias Pallas Greenhall & Furman PC, for Constellation West, the intervenor. Colonel C. Taylor Smith, and Captain Justin D. Haselden, Department of the Air Force, for the agency. Todd C. Culliton, Esq., and Tania Calhoun, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that the agency misevaluated technical proposals is denied where the record shows that the agency evaluated proposals consistent with the terms of the solicitation. DECISION Technology and Telecommunications Consultants, Inc. (TTC), of Alexandria, Virginia, protests the award of a task order to Constellation West (CW), of Fairfax, Virginia, under task order request for proposals (TORP) No. FA4890‑17‑R‑0021, issued by the Department of the Air Force for information technology services to support the Air Combat Command Personnel Recovery Division.  TTC, the incumbent contractor, alleges that the agency unreasonably evaluated the awardee’s proposal as technically acceptable. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The Air Force Combat Command Personnel Recovery Division conducts time-sensitive personnel recovery missions throughout the world under varying threat levels.  Performance Work Statement (PWS) at ¶ 1.0.  Real‑time location and identification data is critical.  Id.  For these missions to be successful, the agency makes location and identification data available through the personnel recovery mission software (PRMS) system.  Id. On June 14, 2017, the agency issued the TORP under the General Services Administration 8(a) Streamlined Technology Acquisition Resources (STARS) II Constellation I government-wide acquisition contract in order to acquire information technology services to support the PRMS system.  The TORP contemplated the award, on a best-value tradeoff basis, of a fixed-price contract with one cost reimbursable contract line item number for travel to be performed over one 12-month base period, four 12-month option periods, and one 6-month extension period.  Contracting Officer’s Statement of Facts at 3.  Services would be provided at Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Michigan; Davis‑Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona; and Hurlburt Field, Florida.  PWS at ¶ 4.0. The PWS detailed the tasks the awardee would be expected to perform.  PWS ¶ 4.0.  Primary tasks included site administration, PRMS training and test support, and providing operational and technical support to PRMS system users.  Id. at ¶¶ 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4.  For each primary task, the PWS provided lists of subtasks.[1] With regard to the PRMS training and test support task, the awardee would be expected to support development of training guidelines and standards to facilitate third party development and integration activities, participate in project management and other team meetings, and support the developers and systems personnel to create or update training-related materials.  PWS at ¶ 4.2.  As for subtasks, the awardee would be expected to provide mobile training teams, as well as to perform system integration and testing.  Id. at ¶¶ 4.2.1, 4.2.2.  The PWS also specified that the awardee would be expected to provide “support via task 4.2 to [Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC)] at Hurlburt Field, FL.”  Id. at ¶ 4.0.  Finally, the PWS specified personnel qualifications for those employees providing any PRMS training and test support task or subtask, which included the following:  possess a bachelor’s degree in information technology, business management, or related field; minimum of three years of personnel recovery experience; minimum of three years Department of Defense or other government agency experience; appropriate security clearance; and excellent oral and presentation skills.  Id.