Press Release
Press Release
Press Contacts: Erik Cummins, Matt Hyams, Olivia Thomas
11.04.19
Court of Federal Claims Judge Nancy Firestone has barred a protest to a modification of an existing task order held by Pillsbury client Chags Health Information Technology, citing the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act, or FASA, which prohibits protests over newly awarded task orders.
According to Law360, protestor Akira Technologies Inc. argued that a task order modification is not a task order, and thus is not covered by FASA. The underlying $25 billion multi-award contract is for IT support services for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services that will be integrated across the federal Department of Health & Human Services. Akira argued all participants in the contract—Strategic Partners Acquisition Readiness Contract, or SPARC—should have been able to compete for the $9.8 million modification.
Chags was represented as an intervenor in the protest by Government Contracts & Disputes partner David Dixon and associate Robert Starling.