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B-402146.3 1 (2010-03-31)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadbiq0001 and id is 1 raw text is: JiL AL A , G A O Comptroller General Acc untabiity * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been D eci o approved for public release. Matter of: Apptis Inc.--Costs File: B-402146.3 Date: March 31, 2010 Patricia H. Wittie, Esq., Karla J. Letsche, Esq., and Kathryn E. Swisher, Esq., Oldaker Belair & Wittie LLP, for the protester. Maj. Carla T. Peters, Department of the Army, for the agency. Jonathan L. Kang, Esq., and Guy R. Pietrovito, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Request for a determination of entitlement based on agency's decision to take corrective action is denied where the corrective action was prompt with respect to supplemental protest arguments, and the initial protest arguments were not clearly meritorious. DECISION Apptis Inc., of Chantilly, Virginia, requests that our Office recommend that the Department of the Army, Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity, reimburse its costs of filing and pursuing its protest of the issuance of a task order to Electronic Data Systems, LLC (EDS), of Herndon, Virginia, under task order proposal request (TOPR) No. VAP 09-13200, for support services for the Military Health System Services Desk. We deny the request. BACKGROUND The TOPR was issued on August 10, 2009, and sought quotes for information technology support services. The TOPR was limited to vendors under a multiple-award indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for Defense Medical Information Systems/Systems Integration, Design, Development, Operation and Maintenance Services. The solicitation anticipated award of a fixed-price task order, with a 1-month transition period, an 11-month base period, and three 12-month options. The solicitation stated that offerors would be evaluated on the basis of