IRS adds 5 to $1.9B program management pact
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By
Ross Wilkers
Whether this corrective action is enough to end the protest phase is an open question as one disappointed bidder did not get an award here either.
The IRS got a stay on proceedings in the court battle over a potential $1.9 billion program management contract so the agency could re-evaluate proposals, a move that has wrapped up for now.
In August, AccelGov filed a lawsuit at the U.S. Court of Federal Claims objecting to its bid not being selected for an award on the contract known as EPPIS.
22nd Century Technologies, Chevo Consulting, FedTec and Harmonia Holdings also joined the case with their protests.
All parties agreed on a pause in the matter earlier this month, and the judge signed off on it, to allow for a corrective action that started in early October and has now apparently completed.
The IRS added 22nd Century to the contract’s large business track on Thursday, according to Federal Procurement Data System records. AccelGov, Chevo, FedTec and Pulsebyte join the pool of small business awardees.
That group of five companies join the original set of five winners the IRS first announced in early August: Centennial Technologies, Deloitte, ETelligent Group, Integrated Systems and Noblis.
Harmonia appears to be the lone protester who did not receive an award in the re-evaluation, so they have the option to keep going with their challenge.
The seven-year Enterprise Program-Project Integration Services blanket purchase agreement covers services such as program and project management, engineering, test, cybersecurity, cloud services and operations.
The judge wants the parties to submit a status report no later than Oct. 31 on next steps for the case, unless the matter is dismissed by then.
AccelGov is a joint venture of Agovx and 22nd Century, while the Pulsebyte JV’s owners are Macannie and TISTA.