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B-299310.2 1 (2007-09-28)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptaudx0001 and id is 1 raw text is: A 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. Decision Matter of: Chenega Federal Systems, LLC File: B-299310.2 Date: September 28, 2007 William K. Walker, Esq., Walker Reausaw, for the protester. Maj. Geraldine Chanel, Department of the Army, 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. Protest that agency conducted misleading cost discussions is denied where record shows that agency provided protester with detailed information during discussions relating to evaluation of its cost proposal, and protester's response to that information shows that it independently analyzed the information and formed its own business judgments regarding how to respond to the agency's information. 2. Protest that awardee had an impermissible organizational conflict of interest (OCI) is denied where protester previously raised the same assertion, agency conducted a detailed investigation and concluded that no OCI existed, and protester offers no evidence in support of its position; protester's mere suspicion of an OCI in light of agency's detailed investigation, without more, is inadequate to establish that OCI exists. DECISION Chenega Federal Systems, LLC protests the award of a contract to Calnet, Inc. under request for proposals (RFP) No. W91 1W4-05-R-00 12, issued by the Department of the Army for translation and interpretation services in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (GTMO). Chenega asserts that the agency engaged in misleading discussions and failed to identify an organizational conflict of interest (OCI) on the part of Calnet.' 1 In its initial letter of protest, Chenega also alleged that the agency unreasonably evaluated its technical proposal and made unreasonable adjustments to its proposed cost. The agency responded to these assertions in detail in its report. In its comments on the report, Chenega made no mention of these assertions; we therefore (continued...)

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