Defense Hotline Allegations Concerning the Biometric Identification System for Access Omnibus Contract

摘要

Contracting personnel involved with the Biometric Identification System for Access (BISA) should read this report because it provides an assessment of whether fair opportunity was given to the contractors who competed for a task order on the BISA omnibus contract. Background. According to the Strategic Services Sourcing (S3) performance work statement the purpose of the BISA is to provide a biometric base access control system that can operate in a hostile environment. The DoD Biometrics Program Manager within the Program Executive Office-Enterprise Information Systems is responsible for the BISA. We conducted this audit in response to multiple allegations made by three complainants to the Defense Hotline regarding the award of the BISA omnibus contract under the Army's S3 contract vehicle. We also reviewed whether source selection procedures complied with Federal and DoD policy. The complainants' allegations follow. Complainant 1 stated that Ideal Innovations Incorporated (13) had access to information not available to all vendors; 13 employees helped develop the requirements; and the contracting officer failed to comply with Federal Acquisition Regulation Part 15.506, 'Postaward Debriefing of Offerors,' which requires a debrief to an offeror. The task order was awarded to Sensor Technologies, Inc. (STI), with a bid of $563 million while the Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) bid was $250 million, and data were provided on the U.S. Army Communications Electronics Life Cycle Management Command Web site that indicated the contract would cost between $270 million and $340 million.