Information Technology Strategies, Inc. (SP4709-26-Q-2003)

B-424134 Mar 10, 2026 Jump To VIEW DECISION DOWNLOADS RELATED PAGES GAO CONTACTS Highlights Information Technology Strategies, Inc. (IT-Strat), of Sterling, Virginia, protests the terms of request for quotations (RFQ) No. SP4709-26-Q-2003, issued by the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) to contractors holding J6 Enterprise Technology Services (JETS) 2.0 indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contracts; the solicitation seeks quotations to provide support services for the ongoing modernization of the budget, finance, and accounting systems that support Department of Defense (DOD) agencies. IT-Strat asserts that the solicitation's experience requirements for key personnel are "unreasonable, unnecessary, and unjustified." Protest at 12. We deny the protest in part and dismiss it in part. View Decision DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. The entire decision has now been approved for public release. Decision Matter of: Information Technology Strategies, Inc. File: B-424134 Date: March 10, 2026 Carla J. Weiss, Esq., and Logan Kemp, Esq., Nichols Law, LLP, for the protester. Robert K. Tompkins, Esq., Hillary J. Freund, Esq., and Richard J. Ariel, Esq., Holland & Knight, LLP, for CACI, Inc.-Federal, the intervenor. Jack D. Myers, Esq., Defense Logistics Agency, for the agency. Glenn G. Wolcott, Esq., and April Y. Shields, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest that solicitation's experience requirements for key personnel are overly restrictive is denied where agency has provided a rational explanation for the requirements and demonstrated that they reasonably relate to the agency's needs. 2. Protester is not an interested party to challenge additional aspects of the procurement where the firm acknowledges that it submitted a noncompliant quotation. DECISION Information Technology Strategies, Inc. (IT-Strat), of Sterling, Virginia, protests the terms of request for quotations (RFQ) No. SP4709-26-Q-2003, issued by the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) to contractors holding J6 Enterprise Technology Services (JETS) 2.0 indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contracts; the solicitation seeks quotations to provide support services for the ongoing modernization of the budget, finance, and accounting systems that support Department of Defense (DOD) agencies. IT-Strat asserts that the solicitation's experience requirements for key personnel are “unreasonable, unnecessary, and unjustified.” Protest at 12.[1] We deny the protest in part and dismiss it in part. BACKGROUND On October 22, 2025, pursuant to the “fair opportunity” provisions of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 16.5, the agency published the solicitation at issue here.[2] The solicitation seeks quotations to provide support for the software application of DOD's Defense Agencies Initiative (DAI), and explains that the DAI program was established by the 2008 National Defense Authorization Act “to solve Defense Agency/Service financial management problems through standard end-to-end business processes delivered by Oracle EBS [E-Business Suite] R12.2.x.”[3] Agency Report (AR), Exh. 4, RFQ amend. 02 at 27;[4] see National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008, Pub. L. No. 110‑181, 122 Stat. 3, 301-303. The solicitation contemplates the issuance of a task order for a 1-year base period and four option periods, and provides for source selection based on a best-value tradeoff between price and the following non-price evaluation factors: (1) level of effort/labor mix; (2) key personnel; (3) technical approach; (4) past performance; and (5) oral presentation.[5] RFQ at 142. Of relevance here, the solicitation identifies seven key personnel positions/labor categories (along with estimated labor hours for each)[6] and requires vendors to identify and submit a resume for each individual proposed to fill these positions. In this context, the solicitation identifies various educational and experience requirements for each position--including either 5 or 10 years of experience “supporting DOD or Federal Oracle shared service providers on an Oracle EBS R12.2 platform or higher”--and provides for evaluation of the key personnel factor on an acceptable/unacceptable basis.[7] RFQ at 104-08, 141. The solicitation established a November 24 closing date for submission of quotations. On November 21, IT-Strat filed an agency-level protest asserting that the Oracle R12.2 experience requirements for key personnel are overly restrictive. AR, Exh. 6, Agency-Level Protest. In this regard, IT-Strat did not question the necessity of relying on the Oracle EBS R12.2 platform but, rather, asserted that experience with this specific platform was unnecessary for successful performance of any of the seven key personnel positions.