Updated April 14, 2025
A month after GAO sided with two challengers, a fresh protest has been filed.
Agency: Department of the Air Force
Solicitation Number: RS3-23-0047
Protester: SMS Data Products Group, Inc.
File number: B-423197.6
Filed Date: Apr 14, 2025
Decision Date: Jul 23, 2025
Protester: SMS Data Products Group, Inc.
File number: B-423197.1
Outcome: Sustained
Decision Date: Mar 4, 2025
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Updated March 14, 2024
Government sides with Protestors challenging US Air Force AFCENT CAOC Communications Support / RS3 IDIQ task
The detailed sustainment decision were posted for the two protests identified below.
SMS Data Products Group, Inc., of McLean, Virginia, protests the issuance of a task order to Trace Systems Inc., of Vienna, Virginia, under fair opportunity proposal request (FOPR) RS3-23-0047, issued by the Department of the Air Force for Combined Air and Space Center Operations Center (CAOC) communications support for the U.S. Air Forces Central Command. SMS argues that the Air Force unreasonably evaluated professional employee compensation plans, that the agency’s evaluation of technical proposals was unreasonable, that the agency failed to conduct a price risk analysis required by the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS), and that the agency failed to assess the performance risk posed by the awardee’s low price.
MicroTechnologies LLC, of Delray Beach, Florida, protests the issuance of a task order to Trace Systems Inc., of Vienna, Virginia, under fair opportunity proposal request (FOPR) RS3-23-0047, issued by the Department of the Air Force for Combined Air and Space Center Operations Center (CAOC) communications support for the U.S. Air Forces Central Command. The protester asserts that the Air Force unreasonably evaluated professional employee compensation plans, unreasonably evaluated the realism of non-professional direct labor rates, and failed to conduct a price risk analysis required by the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS). MicroTech further asserts that Trace has unmitigable organizational conflicts of interest (OCIs), the agency’s conduct of discussions was misleading, and the agency unreasonably evaluated MicroTech’s technical proposal.
Added March 4, 2024
Government sides with Protestors challenging US Air Force RS3 IDIQ task
Agency: Department of the Air Force
Solicitation Number: RS3-23-0047
Protester: SMS Data Products Group, Inc.
File number: B-423197.1
Outcome: Sustained
Decision Date: Mar 4, 2025
Protester: MicroTechnologies LLC
File number: B-423197.2
Outcome: Sustained
Decision Date: Mar 4, 2025
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