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B-409718,B-409718.2,B-409718.3,B-409718.4 1 (2014-07-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadqlo0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A 0Comptroller General ity * Integrity * Rellability 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: Liquidity Services, Inc. File: B-409718; B-409718.2; B-409718.3; B-409718.4 Date: July 23, 2014 Craig A. Holman, Esq., Emma V. Broomfield, Esq., and Stuart W. Turner, Esq., Arnold & Porter LLP, for the protester. Frank S. Swain, Esq., and Sari M. Long, Esq., Faegre Baker Daniels LLP, for the intervenor. Gregory J. Gusching, Esq., and Robin Walters, Esq., Defense Logistics Agency, for the agency. Pedro E. Briones, Esq., and Guy R. Pietrovito, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. In a procurement for the award of a sales contract, protest that the proposed awardee, which used former agency employees as consultants, has an actual or potential organizational conflict of interest is denied where the protester does not show that the agency erred in finding, contrary to the protester's arguments, that the awardee obtained no competitively useful information such that the awardee had not obtained an unfair competitive advantage. 2. Protest that an agency unreasonably found that the proposed awardee's proposal was technically acceptable is denied where record shows that the evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation. 3. Protest that an agency must cancel a solicitation and conduct a new competition for the award of a contract for the sale of surplus property because of a potential reduction in volume of surplus property is denied where the solicitation advised offerors that such fluctuations were likely and that volume cannot be accurately predicted and where protester has not shown that requirements have significantly changed. DECISION Liquidity Services, Inc. (LSI), of Washington, D.C., protests the proposed award of a contract to IronPlanet, Inc., of Pleasanton, California, under solicitation

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