Protest Denial Decision Published: $99M NARA IT & Telecommunications BPA

GAO Case: B-421937.2

Digest

Request for reconsideration of prior decision is dismissed where the requesting party fails to present new information not previously considered that would warrant reversal or modification of prior decision.

Discussion

In denying this aspect of the protest, we found that the agency had acted reasonably in concluding that Koniag’s proposed service desk manager lacked the experience required by the solicitation. Koniag Technology Solutions, LLC, supra at 4-5. We concluded that the agency’s review of the specific descriptions of the service desk manager’s previous work in his resume “support[ed] the agency’s calculation of five years’ experience,” rather than fifteen. Id. at 4.

In its request for reconsideration, Koniag first presents what it characterizes as “information that was not available during the protest,” or new information, relating to the service desk manager’s employment. Req. for Reconsideration at 5. Specifically, Koniag asserts that, on December 20, 2023, it learned that the service desk manager initially proposed by Koniag had accepted a position with AccelGov to serve as the service desk manager for this program. Id. at 4-5. According to Koniag, this new information demonstrates that, contrary to the agency’s evaluation, the proposed service desk manager had the service desk management experience required by the solicitation or, “at a minimum,” it demonstrates the agency has now waived the experience requirement for AccelGov’s benefit. Id. at 5.

We dismiss Koniag’s request for reconsideration. In order to obtain reconsideration, a requesting party must show either that our prior decision contains errors of fact or law, or present new information not previously considered that would warrant reversal or modification of our earlier decision. Department of Housing and Urban Development–Recon., B-414459.5, Sept. 26, 2018, 2018 CPD ¶ 341 at 4. Koniag’s request fails to meet this …

Decision

Koniag Technology Solutions, Inc., a small, disadvantaged business of Chantilly, Virginia, requests reconsideration of our decision in Koniag Technology Solutions, LLC, B-421937, Dec. 7, 2023, 2023 CPD ¶ 281, in which we denied its protest against the establishment of a blanket purchase agreement (BPA) with AccelGov, LLC, a woman-owned small business of Bethesda, Maryland, under request for quotations (RFQ) No. 88310323Q00038, issued by the National Archives and Records Administration for enterprise-wide information technology services. Koniag requests that we reconsider our prior decision in light of new information not previously considered.

We dismiss the request.

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