Halvik’s $82 Million Cybersecurity Task Order Needs Another Look | #hacking | #cybersecurity | #infosec | #comptia | #pentest | #ransomware

Federal Information Systems Inc. won its protest of Halvik Corp.’s nearly $82 million cybersecurity services task order awarded by US Special Operations Command, the GAO said in a decision released Thursday.

The agency should re-evalute Halvik’s bid consistent with the terms of its solicitation, the Government Accountability Office said. Doing so may require reopening discussions among competitors, seeking revised bids, and making a new award decision, it said.

Federal Information Systems showed that the agency failed to reasonably evaluate Halvik’s proposed labor categories under the technical factor in the evaluation, the GAO said.

The agency concluded that Halvik’s proposed labor …