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B-414810.5 1 (2018-07-26)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaduzb0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAOU.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE The decision issued on the date below was subject to Decision a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------. Matter of: MAR, a Division of Oasis Systems, LLC File: B-414810.5 Date: July 26, 2018 Scott A. Freling, Esq., J. Hunter Bennett, Esq., Nooree Lee, Esq., and Tyler Evans, Esq., Covington & Burling, LLP, for the protester. Eric Whytsell, Esq., G. Lindsay Simmons, Esq., Hopewell H. Darneille, III, Esq., and Rodney W. Stieger, Esq., Jackson Kelly PLLC, for Applied Research Associates, Inc., an intervenor. William B. Blake, Esq., Department of the Interior, for the agency. Scott H. Riback, Esq., and Tania Calhoun, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest that awardee has an impaired objectivity type of organizational conflict of interest (OCI) is denied where record shows that agency thoroughly investigated the question and concluded (1) that award of the contract to the entity in question did not, in and of itself, present an OCI; (2) to the extent that issuance of future task orders might present a possible OCI, the agency will evaluate the question at the time those task orders are issued; and (3) there are robust safeguards in place to prevent the awardee from exerting improper influence in performing the contract. 2. Protest challenging agency's price evaluation is denied where record shows that the agency's evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation. DECISION MAR, a Division of Oasis Systems, LLC, of Rockville, Maryland, protests the award of a contract to Applied Research Associates, Inc. (ARA), of Albuquerque, New Mexico, under request for proposals (RFP) No. E16PS001 40, issued by the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, for the operation and maintenance of the agency's Ohmsett facility. MAR maintains that ARA has an

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