Computer World Services Corporation (C-89192-SB)

B-420777.4 May 09, 2023 Jump To VIEW DECISION DOWNLOADS RELATED PAGES GAO CONTACTS Highlights Computer World Services Corporation (CWS), a small business of Falls Church, Virginia, asks that we reconsider our decision in Computer World Servs. Corp., B-420777.2, B-420777.3, Feb. 7, 2023, 2023 CPD ¶ 37, in which we denied CWS's protest of the issuance of a task order to Ideation Solutions JV, LLC, also a small business of Falls Church, Virginia, under task order request for proposals (TORP) No. C-89192-SB. The Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health (NIH) issued the solicitation for information technology (IT) computer support services. CWS contends that our decision contains errors of fact and law that warrant reconsideration. We deny the request. View Decision DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. The entire decision has been approved for public release. Decision Matter of: Computer World Services Corporation--Reconsideration File: B-420777.4 Date: May 9, 2023 Matthew T. Schoonover, Esq., Matthew P. Moriarty, Esq., John M. Mattox II, Esq., Ian P. Patterson, Esq., and Timothy J. Laughlin, Esq., Schoonover & Moriarty LLC, for Computer World Services Corporation, the requester. Kara L. Daniels, Esq., and Cate Baskin, Esq., Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer, LLP, for Ideation Solutions JV, LLC, the intervenor. Ethan Chae, Esq., and Jon Gottschalk, Esq., Department of Health and Human Services, for the agency. April Y. Shields, Esq., and Christina Sklarew, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Request for reconsideration is denied where the requester has not shown that our prior decision contained any error of fact or law that warrants reversal or modification. DECISION Computer World Services Corporation (CWS), a small business of Falls Church, Virginia, asks that we reconsider our decision in Computer World Servs. Corp., B‑420777.2, B-420777.3, Feb. 7, 2023, 2023 CPD ¶ 37, in which we denied CWS’s protest of the issuance of a task order to Ideation Solutions JV, LLC, also a small business of Falls Church, Virginia, under task order request for proposals (TORP) No. C‑89192-SB. The Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health (NIH) issued the solicitation for information technology (IT) computer support services. CWS contends that our decision contains errors of fact and law that warrant reconsideration. We deny the request. BACKGROUND Using the procedures of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 16.5, the agency issued the solicitation on March 11, 2022, to small businesses holding contracts under the NIH’s Chief Information Officer Solutions and Partners 3 (CIO-SP3) indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) governmentwide acquisition contract. Agency Report (AR), Tab 2, TORP at 333, 345.[1] The TORP sought proposals to provide service desk support services--such as staffing service desk support and various key personnel--to NIH’s Center for Information Technology and other NIH institutes and centers.[2] Id. The solicitation anticipated the issuance of a single task order with fixed-price and time-and-materials contract line item numbers, with a base period of 1 year and two 12‑month options. TORP at 2. Award was to be made on a best-value tradeoff basis considering the following evaluation factors, in descending order of importance: technical/management approach and expertise of proposed staff (technical/ management approach); corporate experience and certifications; and price/cost. Id. at 341. The technical/management approach factor was significantly more important than the corporate experience and certifications factor, which was significantly more important than price/cost. Id. When combined, all non-price factors were significantly more important than price/cost. Id. The solicitation also provided, however, that between proposals of substantially equal technical merit, price/cost would become a more significant factor. Id. NIH received timely submitted proposals from seven offerors, including CWS and Ideation. Contracting Officer’s Statement (COS) at 2. After evaluating proposals, the agency decided to issue the task order to CWS as the best-value offeror. Id. On May 25, Ideation filed a bid protest with our Office, challenging the agency’s evaluation of proposals and award decision. Id. The agency elected to take voluntary corrective action in the form of a reevaluation of proposals, and our Office dismissed the protest as academic. Ideation Sols. JV, LLC, B-420777, June 7, 2022 (unpublished decision). Following a reevaluation of initial proposals, the agency conducted discussions with the offerors in the competitive range and requested final proposal revisions (FPRs). AR, Tab 5, Request for FPR (CWS); AR, Tab 6, Request for FPR (Ideation). Both CWS and Ideation submitted timely FPRs.