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B-401726,B-401726.2 1 (2009-11-13)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadbbp0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O Comptroller General Accountability - Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE Washington, DC 20548 The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. D e c is io n ........................................................... Matter of: The Analysis Group, LLC File: B-401726; B-401726.2 Date: November 13, 2009 Thomas L. McGovern III, Esq., Michael D. McGill, Esq., William F. Ferreira, Esq., and Edward C. Eich, Esq., Hogan & Hartson LLP, for the protester. James. J. McCullough, Esq., Steven A. Alerding, Esq., and William S. Speros, Esq., Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, for Science Applications International Corporation, an intervenor. Liana D. Henry, Esq., General Services Administration, for the agency. Scott H. Riback, Esq., and John M. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Where agency allowed successful vendor to make material revision that made its quotation acceptable, but did not provide protester similar opportunity to revise its quotation, agency improperly engaged in discussions only with successful vendor, and protest on that ground is sustained. 2. Protest that successful vendor has impaired objectivity organizational conflict of interest (OCI) is sustained where record (1) shows that successful vendor's advice and assistance could lead to agency's procurement of other products and services offered by successful vendor, and (2) does not show that agency adequately considered possibility of impaired objectivity OCI, or whether such a potential OCI could be avoided, neutralized or mitigated. DECISION The Analysis Group, LLC (TAG), of Falls Church, Virginia, protests the issuance of a task order to Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), of McLean, Virginia, under request for quotations (RFQ) No. GSC-TFMG-09-32148, issued by the General Services Administration (GSA) to acquire--on behalf of the Department of the Air Force's Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, Plans, and Requirements, Strategic Plans and Policy Division (A5XP)--various support services in connection with A5XP's mission. TAG asserts that the agency did not evaluate quotations in

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