An incumbent-contractor firm protested the award of a contract by the Department of Energy (DOE) for the operation of the Energy Information Administration's computer facility. The request for proposals contemplated a cost-plus-award fee contract on a level-of-effort basis for a broad range of services including computer and data network operations, system and user support programming, user techni...

DIGEST: ADVICE TO SOLE REMAINING OFFEROR DURING FINAL NEGOTIATIONS FOR COMPUTER SERVICES AND SUPPORT CONTRACT THAT EXISTING COMPUTER WOULD BE REPLACED BY NEWER COMPUTER DID NOT REQUIRE REOPENING OF COMPETITION WHERE INTRODUCTION OF NEW COMPUTER DID NOT ALTER LEVEL OF EFFORT REQUIRED AND WOULD NOT HAVE HAD A SUBSTANTIAL EFFECT ON COMPETITION. OSI WAS THE INCUMBENT CONTRACTOR. THE PROTEST IS DENIED...