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B-406179 1 (2012-02-29)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadoqq0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I QA 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. L - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - i Decision Matter of: NikSoft Systems Corp. File: B-406179 Date: February 29, 2012 Ron R. Hutchinson, Esq., and Gerald F. Doyle, Esq., Doyle & Bachman LLP, for the protester. Rafael A. Madan, Esq., John L. Pensinger, Esq., and Rhonda M. Craig, Esq., Department of Justice, for the agency. Peter D. Verchinski, Esq., Christina Sklarew, Esq., and Guy R. Pietrovito, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Agency request that protest be dismissed on the basis that the protester is not an interested party due to an organizational conflict of interest (OCI) is denied, where the agency has not shown its OCI determination is based on hard facts showing the protester had unequal access to competitively-useful information. 2. Protest challenging source selection decision in a best-value procurement is sustained where the agency selected awardee's higher-rated quotation without meaningfully considering the protester's lower price. 3. Protest is sustained where agency failed to provide meaningful explanation of its evaluation of the protester's past performance. DECISION NikSoft Systems Corp., of Reston, Virginia, protests the establishment of a blanket purchase agreement (BPA) and placement of an initial call or task order to LS3 Incorporated, of Odenton, Maryland, under request for quotations (RFQ) No. 20110_049, issued by the Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), for federal identity, credential and access management (FICAM) services to support the Office of the Chief Information Officer. NikSoft challenges the agency's evaluation of quotations and source selection decision. We sustain the protest.

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