Updated July 11, 2025
DIGEST
Agency’s establishment of a noncompetitive logical follow-on task order was reasonable pursuant to the authority of Federal Acquisition Regulation subsection 8.405‑6(a)(1)(i)(C).
DECISION
KoHealth Technologies, LLC, a small business of Richardson, Texas, protests a proposed sole-source task order extension to ICF Incorporated, LLC, of Reston, Virginia, by the Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Library of Medicine, for information technology modernization services related to the ClinicalTrials.gov website. The protester alleges that the agency’s justification for the sole-source task order is inadequate in various ways.
We deny the protest.
Protester: KoHealthTechnologies, LLC
Solicitation Number: 75N97025Q00028
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services : National Institutes of Health
File number: B-423440.1
Outcome: Denied
Decision Date: July 10, 2025