Groundswell claims the Army wanted Accenture to win the $1B EBS-C competition

The company's lawsuit alleges the evaluation process was changed midstream to favor Accenture for the contract to consolidate several Army business and logistics systems.

Groundswell has leveled a series of allegations against Accenture and the Army in the lawsuit it filed after Accenture won a contract to consolidate several Army business systems.

The company filed its protest at the U.S. Court of Federal Claims after the Army picked Accenture for the Enterprise Business Systems – Convergence contract, which is estimated to be worth more than $1 billion over its eight-year run. EBS-C will consolidate several Army business systems onto a single SAP-powered platform.

In its complaint, Groundswell says that the Army changed the parameters of the evaluation in the middle of the competition to benefit Accenture, the long-time incumbent on several of the business.

Groundswell filed the protest Oct. 30 under the name of Telesto, one of its subsidiaries ...