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B-408221 1 (2013-07-11)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadpqi0001 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 i s i o n L .-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . . . . .. Matter of: Pillar Systems Corporation File: B-408221 Date: July 11, 2013 Patricia L. Payne, Esq., Payne & Associates, for the protester. R. Ren6 Dupuy, Esq., United States Agency for International Development, for the agency. Nora K. Adkins, Esq., and Jonathan L. Kang, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest alleging that the awardee should have been excluded from the competition based on a biased ground rules organizational conflict of interest is denied where the protester did not identify hard facts that indicate the existence or potential existence of a conflict. DECISION Pillar Systems Corporation, of Alexandria, Virginia, protests the award of a contract to Highlight Technologies, of Fairfax, Virginia, under request for proposals (RFP) No. RFP-M-SOL-OAA-1 3-000004, issued by the United States Agency for International Development (AID), for system support services at the AID Office of Acquisition and Assistance, in Washington, D.C. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The RFP, issued on November 27, 2012, sought an 8(a) small business contractor to provide system support services including: task management, automation support, reporting, electronic commerce and web design, administrative support for the credit card program and budget, human resources, information technology, and administrative support. The solicitation anticipated the award of a fixed-price contract for a 1-year base period with two 1-year options. The RFP advised that the contract would be awarded based upon the evaluation of four factors: (1) technical approach, (2) personnel, (3) past performance, and (4) price. RFP at 74-75. For

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