File No. B-422138.2,B-422138.3
Digest
Where agency’s interchange notices permitted proposal revisions “pertaining to” identified staffing weaknesses, and the awardee’s staffing approach included cross-utilization of personnel, the agency reasonably permitted broad revisions to awardee’s proposed staffing plan.
Discussion
FedTec protests that CompQsoft’s final proposal revisions failed to comply with the IN instructions which, FedTec asserts, limited revisions to those that directly addressed the number of FTEs CompQsoft proposed to perform the chapter 10 requirements. FedTec asserts that it would have made additional revisions to its proposal had that been permitted. Comments and Supp. Protest at 2, 8. In challenging CompQsoft’s actions, FedTec acknowledges that resolution of this matter “boils down to the meaning of ‘pertaining to,’” arguing for a very narrow reading of that term. Id. at 3. Alternatively, FedTec asserts that the instructions were latently ambiguous or that the agency “changed its interpretation of the instructions.”[11] Id. at 6-8.
The agency and intervenor respond that FedTec’s interpretation of the IN instructions is unreasonable on its face due to the plain language of the INs that permitted revisions “pertaining to” the items discussed. In this context, the agency maintains that the plain meaning of the words “pertaining to” is synonymous with …
Decision
FedTec, LLC, of Reston, Virginia, protests the issuance of a task order to CompQsoft, Inc., of Houston, Texas, pursuant to fair opportunity proposal request (FOPR) No. FA2517-23-R-0005, issued by the Department of the Air Force, U.S. Space Force, to provide information technology support services at Peterson Space Force Base (PSFB) and Schreiver Space Force Base (SSFB) in Colorado. FedTec protests CompQsoft’s alleged failure to comply with the agency’s instructions regarding offerors’ submission of proposal revisions.
We deny the protest.
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