CGI Federal, Inc. (31310024Q0019)

B-423041,B-423041.2,B-423041.3,B-423041.4 Jan 13, 2025 Jump To FULL REPORT VIEW DECISION RELATED PAGES GAO CONTACTS Highlights CGI Federal, Inc., of Fairfax, Virginia, protests the issuance of an order to Unison Software, Inc., of McLean, Virginia, pursuant to request for quotations (RFQ) No. 31310024Q0019, issued by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for acquisition management system support. The protester contends the agency unreasonably evaluated quotations. 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: CGI Federal, Inc. File: B-423041; B-423041.2; B-423041.3; B-423041.4 Date: January 13, 2025 Jeffery M. Chiow Esq., Eleanor M. Ross, Esq., Cassidy Kim, Esq., and Laura Cummings, Esq., Greenberg Traurig LLP, for the protester. David S. Cohen, Esq., Pablo A. Nichols, Esq., and John J. O’Brien, Esq., Cordatis LLP, for Unison Software, Inc., the intervenor. Michael L. Norris, Esq., Nuclear Regulatory Commission, for the agency. Michael P. Grogan, Esq., and Evan D. Wesser, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest challenging the agency’s evaluation of quotations is denied where the evaluation was reasonable, even-handed, and consistent with the stated evaluation criteria. DECISION CGI Federal, Inc., of Fairfax, Virginia, protests the issuance of an order to Unison Software, Inc., of McLean, Virginia, pursuant to request for quotations (RFQ) No. 31310024Q0019, issued by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for acquisition management system support. The protester contends the agency unreasonably evaluated quotations. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The agency issued the RFQ on April 11, 2024, pursuant to the procedures of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 8.4 (Federal Supply Schedules). Agency Report (AR), Tab 3, RFQ at 1.[1] The solicitation contemplated the issuance of a single order, with fixed-price and labor-hour contract line items, with a 1‑year base period of performance and nine 1‑year option periods. Id. at 5-11. The RFQ sought quotations to provide acquisition management system (AMS) services, to include enterprise-wide software licenses, system implementation, and hosting that will fully integrate data, functionality, and workflow with the NRC’s existing financial accounting and integrated management information system (FAIMIS) core financial system, CGI’s Momentum federal enterprise resource planning system. Id. at 5. The contractor will also be required to provide help desk support, training, and operation and maintenance of the proposed solution. Id. The solicitation advised the order would be issued to the vendor whose quotation represented the best value to the agency. Id. at 80. The RFQ identified a preliminary pass/fail evaluation factor, under which the NRC would “evaluate whether the Quoter’s proposed Acquisition Management System (AMS) solution is hosted in an existing [Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP)]-authorized cloud solution with an impact level of at least moderate.”[2] Id. Vendors’ quotations that failed this initial gating criterion would not be further evaluated. Id. The solicitation provided five non-cost/price factors, listed in descending order of importance: (1) technical capability and functionality; (2) technical approach; (3) corporate experience; (4) past performance; and (5) solution conformance to the standards for section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act.[3] Id. The technical capability and functionality factor had two identified subfactors: (a) technical capability; and (b) technical functionality. Id. The RFQ explained that the non-cost/price factors, when combined, were approximately equal to evaluated cost/price.[4] Id. The agency received quotations from both CGI and Unison by the established May 23 due date. Contracting Officer’s Statement (COS) at 1. The following is a summary of the final ratings of the firm’s quotations:   Unison CGI FedRAMP Pass Pass Technical Capability and Functionality     Technical Capability Outstanding Outstanding Technical Functionality Outstanding Very Good Technical Approach Outstanding Marginal Corporate Experience Outstanding Very Good Past Performance Excellent Excellent Sec. 508 Compliance Outstanding Outstanding Evaluated Cost/Price $34,783,556 $18,994,902   AR, Tab 11, Source Selection Decision (SSD) at 2. In selecting Unison’s quotation for award, the source selection official, who was also the contracting officer, compared the positive and negative attributes of each vendor’s approach, and found discriminators under the technical functionality and the technical approach subfactors. Id. at 6.