Perspecta Enterprise Solutions, LLC (N00039-18-R-0005)

B-418533 Jun 11, 2020 Jump To VIEW DECISION DOWNLOADS RELATED PAGES GAO CONTACTS Highlights General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc. (GDIT), of Falls Church, Virginia, protests the award of a contract to Leidos, Inc., of Reston, Virginia, under request for proposals (RFP) No. N00039-18-R-0005, issued by the Department of the Navy, Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (NAVWAR), for the critical supplies and services necessary to operate the Navy's enterprise-wide information technology (IT) networks. GDIT challenges the agency's conduct of discussions.  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:  General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc. File:  B-418533 Date:  June 11, 2020 Noah B. Bleicher, Esq., Carla J. Weiss, Esq., Matthew L. Haws, Esq., Marc A. Van Allen, Esq., and Sati Harutyunyan, Esq., Jenner & Block LLP, for the protester.  James J. McCullough, Esq., Michael J. Anstett, Esq., Christopher Bell, Esq., Katherine L. St. Romain, Esq., Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP, and J. Scott Hommer, III, Esq., Rebecca E. Pearson, Esq., Emily A. Unnasch, Esq., Christopher G. Griesedieck, Esq., and Taylor A. Hillman, Esq., Venable LLP, for Leidos, Inc., the intervenor. John McHugh, Esq., and Libbi Finelsen, Esq., Department of the Navy, for the agency. Sarah T. Zaffina, Esq., and Jennifer D. Westfall-McGrail, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging the agency’s conduct of discussions is denied where the agency’s discussions were meaningful and as a result, the agency was not required to reopen discussions because deficiencies in the proposal arose for the first time after the submission of final proposal revisions. DECISION   General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc. (GDIT), of Falls Church, Virginia, protests the award of a contract to Leidos, Inc., of Reston, Virginia, under request for proposals (RFP) No. N00039-18-R-0005, issued by the Department of the Navy, Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (NAVWAR), for the critical supplies and services necessary to operate the Navy’s enterprise-wide information technology (IT) networks.[1]  GDIT challenges the agency’s conduct of discussions. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The Navy operates one of the largest combined IT networks in the world, comprised of the Navy Marine Corps Intranet (NMCI), the Outside Continental United States (OCONUS) Navy Enterprise Network (ONE-Net), the Marine Corps Enterprise Network (MCEN), and other legacy networks.[2]  AR, Tab 1, Conformed RFP attach. J‑1 Performance Work Statement (PWS) at 1.  Together, NMCI, ONE-Net, and MCEN, provide secure end-to-end IT services to over 430,000 hardware devices and 650,000 users at over 1,600 sites in the Continental United States (CONUS), Hawaii, Alaska, Puerto Rico, and many OCONUS sites, varying from installations to single user locations.  Id.  This procurement is for the Next Generation Enterprise Network Re‑Compete (NGEN‑R) Service, Management, Integration, and Transport (SMIT) solicitation.  COS/MOL at 2.  The NGEN-R contract will provide “services that implement an enterprise-wide capability for effective and integrated operations, oversight, responsibility, and accountability for the NMCI and the MCEN, incorporate the ONE-Net into a converged enterprise IT services business model, and support [Department of Defense] (DOD) Agency/military department[ ]convergence to the same enterprise IT services business model albeit in separate management domains” for the Navy and Marine Corps.  PWS at 1.  The NMCI and MCEN systems will each integrate operations within their respective management domains and align all current and future IT and cyber‑enabled initiatives, while simultaneously allowing for end-to-end reporting, management, and defense of the DOD Information Networks.  PWS at 2‑3. Contract services are divided into seven areas:  productivity, user support, transport services, cloud computing services, network operations, IT service management, and enabling activities.  PWS at 3.  Relevant to this protest is the enabling activities service area; specifically, maintenance tasks planned under logistics management.  See PWS § 3.3.7.4.1 at 156‑157.  Logistics management includes the personnel, processes, and tools required to sustain all services and associated NMCI and MCEN infrastructure.  Id. § 3.3.7.4.  Maintenance tasks encompass planning, communication, and execution of preventive and corrective actions for all property, whether contractor‑owned or contractor‑assigned government furnished property (GFP), including hardware and software.  Id.