Tech7 Consulting LLC, of Monument, Colorado, protests the award of contracts by the Department of the Air Force, U.S. Space Force, to offerors other than Tech7 pursuant to request for proposals (RFP) No. FA8819-24-R-B002. The solicitation contemplated the award of “approximately ten” indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contracts to provide advisory and assistance services for the Space Force. Agency Report (AR), Tab 44, RFP § M at 5. Tech7 challenges various aspects of the agency’s evaluation and source selection process, including the agency’s decision not to conduct discussions, and asserts that the agency was required to open discussions with Tech7 to permit Tech7’s submission of additional cost/price information.
DIGEST
Where solicitation advised offerors that the agency “may award without discussions,” protester’s assertion that the agency was required to open discussions to permit the protester’s submission of additional information is denied.
DECISION
Tech7 Consulting LLC, of Monument, Colorado, protests the award of contracts by the Department of the Air Force, U.S. Space Force, to offerors other than Tech7 pursuant to request for proposals (RFP) No. FA8819-24-R-B002. The solicitation contemplated the award of “approximately ten” indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contracts to provide advisory and assistance services for the Space Force. Agency Report (AR), Tab 44, RFP § M at 5.[1] Tech7 challenges various aspects of the agency’s evaluation and source selection process, including the agency’s decision not to conduct discussions, and asserts that the agency was required to open discussions with Tech7 to permit Tech7’s submission of additional cost/price information.
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