Enterprise Resource Planned Systems International, LLC (C-85117-SB)

B-419763.2,B-419763.3 Nov 15, 2021 Jump To FULL REPORT VIEW DECISION RELATED PAGES GAO CONTACTS Highlights Enterprise Resource Planned Systems International, LLC (ERPSI), a small business joint venture of Laurel, Maryland, protests the issuance of a task order to CSRA, LLC, pursuant to request for task order proposals (RFTOPs) No. C-85117-SB and No. C-85122-0, issued by the Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service, for enterprise network information technology services for the Corporation for National and Community Service. The protester contends the agency's price and technical evaluations were flawed. 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: Enterprise Resource Planned Systems International, LLC File: B-419763.2; B-419763.3 Date: November 15, 2021 Todd R. Overman, Esq., and Sylvia Yi, Esq., Bass, Berry & Sims, PLC, for the protester. Noah B. Bleicher, Esq., Carla J. Weiss, Esq., and Moshe B. Broder, Esq., Jenner & Block, LLP, for CSRA, LLC, the intervenor. Mary Schaffer, Esq., Ashlee N. Adams, Esq., and Kirsten Lefebure, Esq., Department of Treasury, for the agency. Michael P. Grogan, Esq., and Edward Goldstein, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Challenges to the agency’s price and technical evaluations are denied where the evaluations were reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation. DECISION Enterprise Resource Planned Systems International, LLC (ERPSI), a small business joint venture of Laurel, Maryland, protests the issuance of a task order to CSRA, LLC, pursuant to request for task order proposals (RFTOPs) No. C-85117-SB and No. C‑85122-0, issued by the Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service, for enterprise network information technology services for the Corporation for National and Community Service. The protester contends the agency’s price and technical evaluations were flawed. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The agency issued the solicitations on January 5, 2021, pursuant to the procedures in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 16.5, to firms holding Chief Information Officer--Solutions and Partners 3 (CIO-SP3) indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contracts awarded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH).[1] Contracting Officer’s Statement (COS) at 3. The solicitation contemplated the issuance of a single fixed-price task order, with a 9-month base period of performance, four 1-year option periods, and a final 3-month option period. Agency Report (AR), Government’s Exhibit (GX) 3, RFTOP at 15, 17.[2] The RFTOP sought enterprise information technology services (eITS) for the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), specifically, operational and management solutions to facilitate the sustainability and administration of CNCS’s information technology (IT) systems. Id. at 15. The contactor will be required to provide all personnel, equipment, supplies, facilities, transportation, tools, materials, supervision, and other items and non-personal services necessary to perform eITS requirements as defined in the performance work statement (PWS). Id. The solicitation provided for award on a best-value tradeoff basis, considering five factors: (1) management and technical capabilities; (2) staffing approach, key personnel/personnel qualifications; (3) past performance; (4) small business participation commitment; and (5) price.[3] Id. at 78-80. As relevant to this protest, under the management and technical capabilities factor, Treasury would evaluate offerors’ “technical understanding, approach and capabilities in meeting contract requirements[,]” as well as “the manner and extent to which the proposal responds to the full range of requirements with methods, processes and tools that demonstrate feasibility, completeness, and effectiveness of the proposed approach.” Id. Specifically, the solicitation advised that the following factors would be considered in the agency’s evaluation: understanding of the requirement and ability to provide services; risk management; logistics and schedule; modern and cost-effective solutions; security operations; and quality assurance. Id. at 78-79. For the staffing approach, key personnel/personnel qualifications factor, offerors were required to detail how they would meet the PWS requirements, with Treasury considering how proposals demonstrate offerors’ education and experience, staffing plan, corporate commitment and reach-back capability, and staffing approach. Id. Price would be evaluated for reasonableness. Id. at 80. The RFTOP stated that the non-price factors, when combined, were equal to price. Id.