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     In December 2019, Raytheon Company filed a protest of an award of a contract to DynCorp International LLC by the Department of the Army. The award was for the security assistance training and advice as part of the Security Ministries of Afghanistan Advisory Program. Raytheon alleged that the Army failed to perform a price realism analysis and performed an unreasonable price evaluation, and improperly issued a solicitation with a latent ambiguity regarding which elements were fixed or reimbursable. Raytheon argued these mistakes led to a flawed best-value award decision. REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL
     The Army issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) in 2018 using procedure of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR). The best value to the agency factored in the time-and-materials, cost-reimbursable, fixed-price contract with a 1-year base period and four 1-year option periods. These factors considered program management, past performance, and cost/price. In August 2019, the Army awarded DynCorp the contract award as the best value to the agency. It concluded that Raytheon’s proposal offered “very slight advantages” over DynCorp’s proposal, those advantages did not justify its premium of over $200 million. CHALLENGES RAISED BY RAYTHEON
     Raytheon raised several challenges to the Army’s price evaluation and its acceptance of DynCorp’s proposed cost/price, arguing that such errors led to a flawed decision and prejudice to Raytheon. It alleged the Army failed to perform a required price realism evaluation. It also argued DynCorp was improperly allowed to move employee compensation in the form of bonuses from the fixed price labor rates that would have raised the TEP to cost-reimbursable, where the cost to the agency was obscured by the agency’s plug figure. Raytheon found the solicitation contained a “latent ambiguity” about the definitions of “fully-burdened labor rates” and “other direct costs.” Finally, it argued DynCorp did not intend to honor its fixed rate for PMO security and improperly planned to renegotiate this rate during contract performance. PRICE REALISM ANALYSIS
     Raytheon argued the Army failed to perform a price realism analysis for the fixed-rate portions of the solicitation, as required by the RFP. It acknowledged that provisions in the solicitation do not have express commitments for the agency to perform a price realism evaluation, but stated the solicitation put offerors on notice the Army “could reject proposals with low prices that reflected a lack of understanding or inability to perform the contract, i.e., that the agency would conduct a price realism evaluation.”
     The Army argued the contract where offerors proposed fixed, fully-burdened labor rates “bear the risk of any increased costs, and can propose prices that pose a risk that they might perform at a loss.” It contended the solicitation did not require, nor permit the agency to conduct a price realism assessment. The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), however, found that language in the permitting proposals to be rejected for inconsistencies did not create an obligation for the Army to conduct a price realism evaluation. It stated that a price realism evaluation may be conducted to assess whether an offeror’s low price reflects “a lack of technical understanding only where the solicitation advises that the agency will conduct such an analysis.” GAO added that it did not find Raytheon’s argument persuasive because RFP’s instructions to offerors provides guidance to prepare and organize their proposals. It found the provision in the proposal could not bind the agency to perform a price realism evaluation because “it was not part of the evaluation criteria.”
PRICE EVALUATION
     Raytheon argued the Army’s price evaluation overlooked offerors’ different pricing structures. Contrary to Raytheon’s contention, the Army asserted its price evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation. It noted Enterprise Servs., LLC, B-417329, et al., May 30, 2019 to show argued that the protestor must first show “the agency was on notice that offerors’ prices were based on different assumptions.” The Army argued that without evidence of such notice, the protest ground should be denied. The GAO denied Raytheon’s protest ground because it found its interpretation of the RFP unreasonable. Raytheon and DynCorp offered completion bonuses to their employees and both assumed they would be paid on a cost-reimbursable basis. Raytheon argued its bonuses were different because they comprised of only a small part of an average Raytheon’s employee’s total compensation. However, GAO found that if Raytheon’s bonuses were excludable from “fully-burdened hourly labor rates,” so were DynCorp’s. AMBIGUITY
     Raytheon asserted DynCorp attempted to move employee compensation to the cost-reimbursement and there was a “latent ambiguity” in the RFP that described fully-burdened labor rates. It argued DynCorp’s proposal excluded employee compensation in the form of bonuses from its “fully-burdened hourly rates. However, GAO found no evidence that showed Raytheon was competitively prejudiced. It argued Raytheon received the same benefit as DynCorp for purposes of the evaluation. GAO found Raytheon’s argument it was harmed or misled in its proposal by its interpretation of the solicitation. GAO noted Raytheon, like DynCorp, also proposed to be paid for expenses under the agency’s cost-reimbursable offer. PMO SECURITY
    Raytheon claimed the Army improperly permitted DynCorp to ignore the fixed-price nature of PMO security and propose a low hourly rate for the purpose of the procurement. DynCorp proposed the lowest rate possible. The Army, however, stated the contract proposal instructions contained a patent ambiguity that rendered Raytheon’s objection untimely. The agency asserted that the “only reasonable interpretation of the instructions” is the duties and final labor rates would be negotiated after the award. Offerors would not have been required to propose a fixed hourly rate because the Army withheld information about the duties of contract performance. GAO agreed there was a patent ambiguity in the solicitation. A patent ambiguity occurs when there is “an obvious, gross, or glaring error.” It found an “obvious error” in the solicitation terms. Offerors were instructed to propose a labor rate “associated” with unspecified duties as well as the “associate labor rate” that would be determined after the award. GAO found “nothing in this structure is reasonably consistent with the fixed hourly rate required in the solicitation.” GAO noted patent ambiguities that had not been challenged prior to the submission of proposals must be dismissed as untimely. CONCLUSION

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HDT Global (HDT), a leading manufacturer and integrator of highly-engineered unmanned, robotics, platform, and expeditionary solutions across defense, aerospace and government markets, announced the appointment of James Cassella as Senior Vice President and Chief Revenue Officer. Mr. Cassella brings more than 25 years of experience in business development and corporate growth strategy to his new role at HDT. “As a senior retired Army officer and industry veteran, Jim brings the kind of leadership and experience needed to help HDT capture key programs and elevate our position in the markets we serve,” stated Juan Navarro, President and CEO of HDT Global. “I am excited to have him join the team.”
Prior to joining HDT, Mr. Cassella served as Chief Growth Officer for DynCorp International (DI), responsible for business development, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate strategy. Mr. Cassella originally joined DynCorp in 2013 and served in a wide variety of executive leadership positions, including Senior Vice President of Corporate Business Development, SVP of Business Development for the DynAviation operating segment, and VP of Corporate Capture Management and Proposal Development. Following the acquisition of DI by Amentum in November 2020, Mr. Cassella remained with the company to assist with integration efforts while leading business development for the Aviation segment. Prior to joining DI, Mr. Cassella served in a variety of executive leadership positions with both DRS Technologies and Booz Allen Hamilton. A career Army Aviation officer, Mr. Cassella served in assignments at the strategic, operational, and tactical levels in multinational, interagency, and joint operations, including two assignments at the Pentagon where he served as Defense Department spokesman and advisor to the Secretary of Defense, Chief of Staff of the Army, and other top Defense and Service officials. “I’m especially excited to be joining HDT Global at a time when the company is poised for significant growth,” said Mr. Cassella. “HDT’s robust engineering capabilities, expansive product line, and portfolio of leading solutions provides our customers with the resources needed to meet demanding mission requirements.”

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SOLON, Ohio, Aug. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- HDT Global (HDT), a leading manufacturer and integrator of highly-engineered unmanned, robotics, platform, and expeditionary solutions across defense, aerospace and government markets, announced today the appointment of James Cassella as Senior Vice President and Chief Revenue Officer. Mr. Cassella brings more than 25 years of experience in business development and corporate growth strategy to his new role at HDT. "As a senior retired Army officer and industry veteran, Jim brings the kind of leadership and experience needed to help HDT capture key programs and elevate our position in the markets we serve," stated Juan Navarro, President and CEO of HDT Global. "I am excited to have him join the team." Prior to joining HDT, Mr. Cassella served as Chief Growth Officer for DynCorp International (DI), responsible for business development, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate strategy. Mr. Cassella originally joined DynCorp in 2013 and served in a wide variety of executive leadership positions, including Senior Vice President of Corporate Business Development, SVP of Business Development for the DynAviation operating segment, and VP of Corporate Capture Management and Proposal Development. Following the acquisition of DI by Amentum in November 2020, Mr. Cassella remained with the company to assist with integration efforts while leading business development for the Aviation segment. Prior to joining DI, Mr. Cassella served in a variety of executive leadership positions with both DRS Technologies and Booz Allen Hamilton. A career Army Aviation officer, Mr. Cassella served in assignments at the strategic, operational, and tactical levels in multinational, interagency, and joint operations, including two assignments at the Pentagon where he served as Defense Department spokesman and advisor to the Secretary of Defense, Chief of Staff of the Army, and other top Defense and Service officials. "I'm especially excited to be joining HDT Global at a time when the company is poised for significant growth," said Mr. Cassella. "HDT's robust engineering capabilities, expansive product line, and portfolio of leading solutions provides our customers with the resources needed to meet demanding mission requirements." About HDT: Headquartered in Solon, Ohio, USA, HDT Global is widely recognized for its industry-leading production of state-of-the-art, fully integrated unmanned, platform, and expeditionary solutions, including robotics, specialty transport vehicles, shelters, power generation equipment, environmental control systems, air filtration devices and other engineered technologies currently used by U.S. and allied military worldwide, as well as civilian governments and commercial customers. Proven solutions for extreme environments. We're there with you. For more information, visit www.hdtglobal.com . SOURCE HDT Global

By: Johanna Alonso Daily Record business reporterJuly 8, 2022
St. Mary’s County’s third-largest employer, a defense contractor that employs more than 900 people in the county of just under 114,000 residents, is leaving the area. DynCorp International, which was acquired in late 2020 by Amentum, a Germantown-based federal contractor, had served the Patuxent River Naval Air Station for more than 48 years, according to Amentum’s website . But few, if any, jobs will be lost; the company’s contract in the area, doing maintenance on five squadrons of aircrafts known as the Naval Test Wing Atlantic, has been taken over by another contractor, The Vertex Company , that county officials anticipate will maintain all 937 employees. The Mississippi-based company announced this past April that it had been awarded the contract with the U.S. Navy, which is valued up to $850 million. “Vertex looks forward to working closely with Naval Test Wing Atlantic to maintain the aircraft used to test and evaluate emerging capabilities for the naval aviation community,” Ed Boyington, The Vertex Company’s president and CEO, said in a press release at the time. Because large companies are required to give their employees and communities advanced notice of facility closures and mass layoffs, Amentum notified the St. Mary’s County government that they would be laying off all of its St. Mary’s County employees, despite the fact that the employees will most likely to transfer to Vertex. ALisa Casas, communications director for the county’s Public Information Office, declined to share Amentum’s letter to the county with The Daily Record, as it has not yet been released to the public. However, Chris Kaselemis, director of economic development, said it was unlikely many, if any, St. Mary’s County residents would lose their jobs. “This is very common,” he said. “Sometimes this happens and we don’t even know about it.” 
Kaselemis anticipates that the shift from Amentum to Vertex will have little impact on the community. It’s not uncommon for a new contractor to be similar to its predecessor in terms of community engagement and philanthropic giving, he noted. Amentum declined a request for an interview with The Daily Record, but said via email, “DynCorp International LLC was the previous contractor for supporting aircraft maintenance and contractor logistics support services on behalf of the U.S. Department of Navy for the Naval Test Wing Atlantic. We are transitioning the work to the successor contractor who we anticipate will offer employment opportunities to incumbent employees to ensure a seamless transition.” 
Vertex did not immediately respond to a request for comment. ×

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The service branch's choice of Vertex Aerospace has been upheld after two bid protests. Vertex won the potential seven-year, $914 million order in the spring of this year. DynCorp, PAE and M1 Support Services all then filed protests challenging the evaluation of proposals and the best-value tradeoff conducted by the Navy. GAO denied all of the protests Thursday in a decision that remains redacted until attorneys representing all parties agree on a public version. The Navy awarded the work through its Contracted Maintenance, Modification, Aircrew and Related Services contract that was awarded in 2019 . One thing worth noting is that two of the four companies involved in this competition no longer exist as independent entities and the winner is involved in a merger. Amentum  acquired PAE and DynCorp  in late 2020 and early 2022 respectively, while the Vertex nameplate will disappear after that company merges with Vectrus to create what will be V2X Inc . Share This:
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