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Contracting dispute delays OPM’s background investigations processing

June 20, 2017 By Andrew Smith

The federal government’s ongoing efforts to hasten the processing of security clearances hit a speed bump this week, as an auditor ruled the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) unfairly awarded a contract to a company seeking to provide support services in background investigations processing.

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) decision comes shortly after OPM stood up the nascent National Background Investigations Bureau. Two companies filed a protest with GAO after OPM awarded the $117 million contract to Primus Solutions, a division of ARSC Federal. The contract was for at least two years with options of up to five, and was intended to provide OPM employees support in processing background investigations.

In its solicitation, OPM had said it would consider price to a much lesser degree that non-price factors such as technical approach, quality control plan, staffing plan and past performance. Primus came in more than $9 million below one of the companies filing the protest and more than $44 million below the other. GAO confirmed allegations that OPM’s selection authorities ignored initial concerns from its price evaluators that Primus’ cost estimates were “unrealistic.”

Keep reading this article at: http://www.govexec.com/contracting/2017/06/contracting-dispute-delays-opms-background-investigations-processing/138688/

Filed Under: Contracting News Tagged With: award protest, background check, evaluation criteria, GAO, National Background Investigations Bureau, OPM, protest

New background check agency will affect contractors

February 9, 2016 By Andrew Smith

Contractors often complaint that the background check process is slow, while contractors and their employee alike worry about information security in the wake of a sensitive OPM data breach that leaked the personal information of millions of government workers and contractors. Now, a change to the background check process is coming.

White House sealThe White House announced last week that a new government agency would be taking charge of conducting background checks on all federal employees, Armed Services members, and civilian contractors. The government hopes the change will speed up background checks on contractors, many of whom have to wait months before a background check is completed, while also maintaining security over personal information. Of course, as with any government roll-out of a new initiative, it remains to be seen whether the new agency will live up to expectations.

Keep reading this article at: http://smallgovcon.com/statutes-and-regulations/new-background-check-agency-will-affect-contractors/

Filed Under: Contracting News Tagged With: background check, DoD, Federal Investigative Services, National Background Investigations Bureau, NBIB, OPM, White House

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