Three small business bidders on a $800 million information systems engineering vehicle had to wait a year after their protests were dismissed, but their patience has paid off.
Army to rethink awards for $800M engineering contract
It appears that a group of small businesses may have had a point in their complaint that the Army reneged on a pledge to include small business winners on the $800 million TEIS IV contract.
The solicitation included clear indications of the Army’s desire to pick at least two small businesses as primes on the Total Engineering and Integration Services contract. But the service only made awards to the three incumbents from TEIS III General Dynamics IT, NCI Information Systems and Science Applications International Corp.
MC Dean, TekSynap Corp. and IAP Worldwide Services then filed protests with the Government Accountability Office. A fourth company apparently filed an agency-level protest as well.