NTT Data loses shot at CDC data center support award
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Nick Wakeman
DMI weathered a series of protests before finally prevailing to take over the $27 million contract.
After a few back-and-forths with the agency, NTT Data has lost its fight for a task order to support data centers at the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
NTT Data was embroiled in a battle with DMI, which won the four-year award in May. That was first followed by a protest by NTT Data challenging how CDC evaluated the proposals.
CDC pulled back the award in early June to re-evaluate proposals, but selected DMI again in July. CDC competed the order through the General Services Administration's Alliant 2 vehicle.
Then NTT Data filed a second protest, after which CDC took a corrective action in late August.
For third time, DMI won the contract and NTT Data filed another protest in September.
But CDC did not take a third corrective action and the Government Accountability Office denied NTT Data’s protest.
The contract now belongs to DMI. It is structured with an eight-month transition period, followed by a one-year base and two individual option years,
Under the task order, DMI will provide on-site software application hosting and monitoring services at CDC data centers in Atlanta. According to Federal Procurement Data System records, the contract is worth $27 million.