Oasis Systems back at GAO to challenge $665M Army counter-drone contract

Oasis Systems won the first round of its protest of a $665 million contract for counter-unmanned aircraft systems that went to Parsons Corp. but now back with another challenge that takes issue with the Army's corrective action.

In the original protest, Oasis claimed Parsons has a conflict-of-interest because it makes some of the C-UAS products that will be evaluated under the contract. Oasis, a subsidiary of Astrion, also challenged how the Army evaluated technical proposals.

The Army agreed to take corrective action in early October, saying it would re-evaluate both the possible conflict and technical evaluation of the proposals. The Army also said it would take another look at the cost/price evaluation and then make a new award decision.

But Oasis is now arguing that the Army needs to rework the solicitation because it no longer reflects the service branch's needs.

The Army was originally going to use contract to support an end-to-end integrated program office, but has since shifted much of the integration effort to another contract within a different organization. All that is left is the requirement for program management services, which Oasis says is very different from the original solicitation.

Oasis filed its new protest on Nov. 5. A decision is due Feb. 16.