Antium, LLC (PANMRA-22-P-0000-002467)

B-421291,B-421291.2 Mar 06, 2023 Jump To FULL REPORT VIEW DECISION RELATED PAGES GAO CONTACTS Highlights Antium, LLC, of Alexandria, Virginia, protests the issuance of a task order to New Generation Solution, LLC, (NGS) of Huntsville, Alabama, under task order proposal request (TOPR) No. PANMRA-22-P-0000-002467, issued by the Department of the Army for information technology and information management (IT/IM) support services at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR), in Silver Spring, Maryland. The protester contends that the agency unreasonably evaluated proposals and made a flawed best-value tradeoff 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: Antium, LLC File: B-421291; B-421291.2 Date: March 6, 2023 Kevin P. Mullen, Esq., Sandeep N. Nandivada, Esq., and Victoria Dalcourt Angle, Esq., Morrison & Foerster LLP, for the protester. W. Brad English, Esq., Jon D. Levin, Esq., Emily J. Chancey, Esq., Mary Ann Hanke, Esq., and Nicholas P. Greer, Esq., Maynard, Cooper & Gale, PC, for the intervenor. Seth Ritzman, Esq., Andrew J. Smith, Esq., Natalie W. McKiernan, Esq., Dmitrius R. McGruder, Esq., Department of the Army, for the agency. Christine Milne, Esq., and Tania Calhoun, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that the agency unreasonably evaluated proposals is denied where the record shows that the agency’s evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation. DECISION Antium, LLC, of Alexandria, Virginia, protests the issuance of a task order to New Generation Solution, LLC, (NGS) of Huntsville, Alabama, under task order proposal request (TOPR) No. PANMRA-22-P-0000-002467, issued by the Department of the Army for information technology and information management (IT/IM) support services at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR), in Silver Spring, Maryland. The protester contends that the agency unreasonably evaluated proposals and made a flawed best-value tradeoff decision. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The Army issued the TOPR on July 29, 2022, pursuant to the procedures in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 16.5, under the General Services Administration’s 8(a) STARS III governmentwide acquisition contract, seeking IT/IM support services at the WRAIR. Agency Report (AR), Tab 3, TOPR at 1; Tab 3q, TOPR, amend. 3 at 1.[1] The TOPR contemplated the award of a single fixed-price task order to be performed over a 21-day transition-in period, one 6-month base period, four 1-year option periods, one 30-day transition-out period, and one additional 6-month option period. TOPR, amend. 3 at 1-2. The TOPR’s performance work statement (PWS) described the scope as including, but not limited to: network, system administration, help desk, cyber security, application, web development, .Mil system, plant/campus network system, stand-alone system, and IT medical device IT support. AR, Tab 3m, attach. 1, PWS, amend. 1 at 2. Contractors were also to provide expertise in Risk Management Framework (RMF) accreditation processes, and IT infrastructure operations, maintenance, and planning. Id. Award would be made to the firm whose proposal provided the best value as evaluated under four factors, listed in descending order of importance: technical approach, experience, past performance, and price. TOPR, amend. 3 at 10. When combined, the non-price factors were significantly more important than price. Id. at 11. Under the technical approach factor, offerors were to submit a detailed approach demonstrating their understanding of all tasks required by the PWS. In their approach, offerors were to address how they would provide a wide-range of IT/IM support, including network, help desk, hardware, software, server, stand-alone, and RMF support. Id. at 5-6. The TOPR instructed offerors to use a matrix in their proposals cross-mapping PWS tasks with the offeror’s proposed approaches and proposed level of effort for each task. Id. at 5. Under the experience factor, the TOPR required offerors to submit a narrative detailing their relevant and recent experience with the IT/IM support services required by the solicitation. Id. at 6. Specifically, the TOPR instructed offerors to demonstrate their experience with the following IT/IM support services: .Mil systems, plant/campus network systems, stand-alone systems, IT infrastructure operations, maintenance, and planning, RMF accreditation processes, and Defense Health Agency (DHA) IT support. Id. Offerors were also required to submit resumes for at least six key personnel positions and to identify for each key position the PWS tasks they would perform. Id.