Computer Sciences Corporation; Unisys Corporation; Northrop Grumman Information Technology, Inc., IBM Business Consulting Services-Federal, B-298494.2, et al., May 10, 2007, 2007 CPD ¶ 103

Synopsis: On behalf of Unisys Corporation, successfully protested awards of “Encore II” contracts by the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) estimated to have a maximum value of $12.225 billion. The GAO found that the agency’s exchanges with the offerors, which allowed a majority of the highest rated offerors to revise their proposals in a material way were discussions rather than clarifications and therefore DISA was required to terminate the awards and conduct discussions with all offerors in the competitive range.

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