Protest Decision Released: DOD DISA Global Secret Internet Protocol Router (SIPR) Modernization Support Award denial

DIGEST

1. Protest challenging evaluations of offerors’ technical proposals is denied where awardee’s technical approach complied with solicitation requirements, and agency’s decision not to assess strengths to protester’s technical proposal was reasonable.
2. Protest challenging evaluation of awardee’s cost and price is denied where agency reasonably evaluated proposals and found awardee’s costs to be realistic and proposed price to be reasonable.
3. Protest challenging conduct of discussions is denied where agency did not find protester’s price to be unreasonably high, and thus, was not obligated to raise matter during discussions.

DISCUSSION

The protester marshals numerous allegations challenging the agency’s evaluation of technical proposals. IAP also challenges various aspects of the evaluation of the awardee’s cost/price proposal, as well as the agency’s conduct of discussions with the protester. The agency defends its evaluation as reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation. Although we do not specifically address all of IAP’s arguments, we have fully considered them and conclude none furnish a basis to sustain the protest…

DECISION

IAP-C4ISR, LLC, of Cape Canaveral, Florida, protests the issuance of a task order to CACI, Inc.-Federal, of Chantilly, Virginia, under request for proposals (RFP) No. 832268636, issued by the Department of Defense, Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) for modernization support for the Department of the Army’s Global Secret Internet Protocol Router (SIPR) Network Program requirement. The protester argues that the agency’s evaluations of the protester and awardee’s proposals were unreasonable.

We deny the protest.

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