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B-420132,B-420132.2,B-420132.3,B-420132.4 Dec 13, 2021 1 (2021-12-13)

handle is hein.gao/gaomod0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 1Oo U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE A Century of Non-Partisan Fact-Based Work 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: American Systems Corporation File: B-420132; B-420132.2; B-420132.3; B-420132.4 Date: December 13, 2021 John E. Jensen, Esq., David B. Dixon, Esq., Meghan D. Doherty, Esq., and Toghrul Shukurlu, Esq., Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, for the protester. James Y. Boland, Esq., Michael T. Francel, Esq., and Lindsay M. Reed, Esq., Venable LLP, for DSC Corporation, the intervenor. Colonel Frank Yoon, Kyle E. Gilbertson, Esq., and Erika L. Whelan Retta, Esq., Department of the Air Force, for the agency. Heather Self, Esq., and Peter H. Tran, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest challenging the agency's evaluation of proposals is denied because the record reflects that the evaluation was reasonable, consistent with the solicitation's evaluation criteria, and not conducted in a disparate manner. 2. Protest that the awardee had multiple impaired objectivity organizational conflicts of interest is denied because, while the protest was pending, the agency meaningfully considered the potential conflicts arising from current work on other contracts and reasonably determined no conflicts exist. DECISION American Systems Corporation (ASC), of Chantilly, Virginia, protests the issuance of a task order to DCS Corporation (DCS), of Alexandria, Virginia, under request for proposals (RFP) No. FA7046-21-R-0004, issued by the Department of the Air Force for fighter test services. The protester challenges numerous aspects of the agency's evaluation of proposals, and contends that the awardee has multiple unmitigated impaired objectivity organizational conflicts of interest (OCIs). We deny the protest.

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