Deloitte’s $137 Million Cybersecurity Award Withstands Challenge

Deloitte Consulting LLP will provide information technology services under a $137 million blanket purchase agreement with the U.S. Department of Labor, the GAO said.

Protester 22nd Century Technologies Inc., which submitted a $112 million bid, couldn’t show that the department conducted an unreasonable best-value tradeoff analysis before choosing Deloitte’s higher-rated, higher-priced bid, the Government Accountability Office said.

22nd Century also couldn’t show that the department improperly reviewed Deloitte’s price or that a technical evaluation error was prejudicial, the GAO said.

The award requires Deloitte to provide the agency with cybersecurity and information assurance and program integration support services for department-wide ...