CACI’s protest of $100M Navy award rejected

The Government Accountability Office has cleared the way for Serco Group's North American subsidiary to begin work on a $100 million Navy for systems engineering and technical assistance work.

CACI International was the incumbent on the contract to support the Naval Sea Systems Command, Naval Shipyard and Naval industrial base efforts. In its protest, CACI claimed Serco’s price was too low and that key personnel in Serco’s proposal were no longer available.

The Government Accountability Office's docket now lists the CACI protest as denied.

GAO has rejected CACI’s arguments that Serco Inc.’s price was unrealistically low. CACI also apparently did not convince GAO that Serco Inc. was trying a bait-and-switch maneuver by including personnel who were no longer available in its proposal.

GAO has basically ruled that the agency conducted a reasonable evaluation and did nothing wrong in picking Serco Inc.

Serco Inc. can focus on workforce/workload management, logistics services, business operations and total force initiatives. The Navy used its Seaport-NxG professional services contract vehicle to award the order.