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The FBI’s effort to field a series of blanket purchase agreements for IT services has apparently run into enough trouble that the agency is now reworking parts of the procurement.
The agency already has taken several corrective actions after facing protests by ManTech International, IntelliBridge and BAQ Solutions that mainly dealt with pricing.
When the FBI adjusted the pricing part of the solicitation, more complaints emerged about the agency not allowing companies to adjust other parts of their proposals.
The FBI even beat back one protest by ManTech that claimed the revisions were too limited.
A fresh set of protests by the three companies has led the FBI to make another corrective action. This time, the agency amending the objectives because its needs have changed.
But this is not a complete overhaul. The FBI is allowing bidders to only revise the staffing and pricing aspects of proposals, after which the agency will conduct new evaluations.
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