Matter of Guidehouse LLP Decided: June 6, 2022 Agency: Department of Homeland Security Disposition: Protest Sustained Keywords: Organizational Conflict of Interest (OCI), Impaired Objectivity Protest Insight In this matter, GAO clarified the standard that should be applied when an agency determines whether an Organizational Conflict of Interest (OCI) exists. As GAO explained here, the
Matter of Serco Inc. Decided: December 6, 2021 Agency: Department of the Navy Disposition: Protest Sustained Keywords: Former Government Employees; Organizational Conflict of Interest (OCI) Protest Insight This case is unique, because it is a rare example of GAO sustaining a protest based on an Organizational Conflict of Interest (“OCI”). Here, GAO’s conclusion rested heavily on
Matter of American Systems Corporation Decided: December 13, 2021 Agency: Department of the Air Force Disposition: Protest Denied Keywords: Organizational Conflict of Interest (OCI) Protest Insight: We recently reviewed a similar matter dealing with an Organizational Conflict of Interest (“OCI”). In that matter, GAO sustained the protest where the awardee sought assistance from two former
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of the Air Force Disposition: Protest denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO denied the protest of Threat Management Group (TMG) based on the award of a contract to R3 Strategic Support Group, Inc., under a request for proposals, issued by the Department of the Air Force for explosive ordnance disposal
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: United States Agency for International Development Disposition: Protest denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO denied the protest of Pillar Systems Corporation based on the award of a contract to Highlight Technologies, under a request for proposals (RFP), issued by the United States Agency for International Development (AID), for system support services
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of Defense Disposition: Protest denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO denied the protest of Pragmatics Inc., based on the issuance of a task order to Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc., by the Department of Defense, Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) under a request for proposals (RFP) for National Ground Intelligence Center
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Social Security Administration Disposition: Protest denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO denies the protest of Harmonia Holdings, LLC, a small business, based on the terms of a request for proposals (RFP), issued by the Social Security Administration (SSA), for geographic information system (GIS) services to support the SSA’s emergency preparedness mission.
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: United States Marine Corps Disposition: Protest dismissed. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO dismissed the protest of AT&T Government Solutions, Inc., regarding the award of a task order to Jacobs Technology, Inc., under a request for proposals (RFP), which was issued by the Marine Corps for information technology (IT) networking support services
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: American Technical Services, Inc. Agency: Department of the Navy Disposition: Protest Denied. ________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest that the agency performed an unreasonable cost realism analysis is denied where the record shows that the agency reasonably relied on indirect cost rate data that was provided by the protester specifically for cost analysis purposes.
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: General Dynamics C4 Systems, Inc. Agency: Department of the Navy, Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command Disposition: Protest Denied. _________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Contracting officer’s determination that there was no organizational conflict of interest that would preclude an award to the awardee was reasonable where the contracting officer reasonably investigated to see