SEWP VI protests grow to 10
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By
Nick Wakeman
Two more companies have filed challenges after their proposals were eliminated from consideration for the IT vehicle.
Two more companies have joined the list of protesters objecting to being kicked out of the competition for NASA’s SEWP VI contract, a $60 billion vehicle for IT products and services.
NASA has not announced winners of the multiple-award contract, but they are telling some companies they are no longer being considered.
That kicked off the first set of protests on Feb. 17, with eight companies filing by Feb. 20.
On Friday, Insight Public Sector and Strategic Communications filed protests of their own to bring the total number of challenges to 10.
They join the earlier protesters:
- Blazar Technology Solutions
- Blue Obsidian Solutions
- Bridges Systems Integration
- E-Logic
- METGreen Solutions
- Professional Information Systems
- Sudofy
- Z-SofTech Solutions
The Government Accountability Office can combine protests into a single decision if the grounds being raised are similar enough. GAO has not disclosed whether this will be a single decision or multiple decisions.
All the companies are challenging NASA’s decision to remove them from the competition during phase one of the evaluation process.
The protests are a risk for NASA because they may force the agency to delay awards again, currently scheduled for April, when the current SEWP vehicle expires.
If GAO canot resolve the protests before then, NASA would most likely extend SEWP V again.
NASA also is facing prospect of the General Services Administration taking over the SEWP program, which was launched in 1993.
GSA officials have talked about the takeover as a mandate from President Trump’s executive order “Eliminating Waste and Saving Taxpayer Dollars by Consolidating Procurement."