Hanford Integrated Infrastructure Services Contractor, LLC (89303318REM000007)

B-418411,B-418411.2,B-418411.3 Apr 22, 2020 Jump To FULL REPORT VIEW DECISION RELATED PAGES GAO CONTACTS Highlights Hanford Integrated Infrastructure Services Contractor, LLC (HIISC), of Broomfield, Colorado, protests the award of a contract to Hanford Mission Integration Solutions, LLC (HMIS), of Richland, Washington, under request for proposals (RFP) No. 89303318REM000007, issued by the Department of Energy (DOE) for infrastructure and site services to support the environmental cleanup mission at DOE's Hanford site in Washington. The protester challenges multiple aspects of the agency's evaluation and selection decision. 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:  Hanford Integrated Infrastructure Services Contractor, LLC File:  B-418411; B-418411.2; B-418411.3 Date:  April 22, 2020 Kenneth B. Weckstein, Esq., Shlomo D. Katz, Esq., Tammy Hopkins, Esq., and Andrew C. Crawford, Esq., Brown Rudnick LLP, for the protester. James J. McCullough, Esq., Michael J. Anstett, Esq., and Katherine L. St. Romain, Esq., Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP, and Andrew E. Shipley, Esq., Stephen W. Preston, Esq., Charles C. Speth, Esq., and Philip E. Beshara, Esq., Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, for Hanford Mission Integration Solutions, LLC, the intervenor. Marianna Lvovsky, Esq., James Jurich, Esq., Stephanie Villalta, Esq., and Paul Davis, Esq., Department of Energy, for the agency. Charmaine A. Stevenson, Esq., and Laura Eyester, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1.  Protest that the awardee’s proposal failed to comply with a material solicitation requirement and should have been deemed ineligible for award is denied where the awardee’s small business subcontracting plan contained a clerical error that was properly corrected in a clarification prior to award, and the agency’s evaluation is otherwise reasonable. 2.  Where the awardee proposed a small business subcontractor to provide pre-award and post-award small business program support to the agency, protest that the awardee’s proposal contains an impaired objectivity organizational conflict of interest is denied where it was reasonable for the agency to conclude that no conflict would result from the award of the contract, and future potential conflicts that may arise under subsequent awards are properly analyzed at the time of those subsequent actions. 3.  Protest that the evaluation and source selection decision are flawed and that agency officials usurped the authority of the source selection authority is denied where the record shows that the underlying evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the solicitation. DECISION   Hanford Integrated Infrastructure Services Contractor, LLC (HIISC), of Broomfield, Colorado, protests the award of a contract to Hanford Mission Integration Solutions, LLC (HMIS),[1] of Richland, Washington, under request for proposals (RFP) No. 89303318REM000007, issued by the Department of Energy (DOE) for infrastructure and site services to support the environmental cleanup mission at DOE’s Hanford site in Washington.  The protester challenges multiple aspects of the agency’s evaluation and selection decision. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The RFP, issued on September 20, 2018, contemplated the award of a contract including cost-reimbursement, cost-plus-award-fee, and indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract line item numbers (CLINs) with a period of performance consisting of a 5-year base period, a 3-year first option period, and a 2-year second option period.  AR, Tab A, RFP at B-1 and F-2.  The purpose of the contract is to provide DOE and other Hanford site contractors with mission essential infrastructure and site integration services to accomplish the environmental cleanup mission, which includes services such as utilities (electrical, water, and sewer), sanitary waste disposal, roads and grounds, and railroad services.  Id. at C-1 to C-2.  The RFP additionally requires the contractor to provide DOE small business procurement pre-award and post-award support.  Id.