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B-410036 1 (2014-10-14)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadqsm0001 and id is 1 raw text is: SG A O Comptroller General r Accountablity * 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: Alliant Techsystems, Inc. File: B-410036 Date: October 14, 2014 Jonathan D. Shaffer, Esq., John S. Pachter, Esq., Mary Pat Buckenmeyer, Esq., and Zachary D. Prince, Esq., Smith Pachter McWhorter, for the protester. Marvin K. Gibbs, Esq., and P. Alan Luthy, Esq., Department of the Air Force, for the agency. David A. Ashen, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that participation of potential offeror in competition for full production lots would create an organizational conflict of interest (OCI) is denied where agency has reasonably concluded that: (1) while the current specifications may be based on the equipment as designed and developed by the offeror in conjunction with the agency, that fact alone does not demonstrate biased ground rules raising OCI concerns; and (2), while the offeror has access to certain proprietary information-- unavailable to the protester even after request by the agency--as a result of its work designing and developing the current system in conjunction with the agency, such a competitive advantage enjoyed by a developer is not considered an unfair one prohibited under the OCI rules. DECISION Alliant Techsystems Operations, LLC protests the terms of request for proposals (RFP) No. FA8675-14-R-0027, issued by the Department of the Air Force for upgrade of the High-speed Anti-Radiation Missile (HARM) control section. Alliant challenges the terms of the solicitation and the agency decision that there are no organizational conflict of interests concerns resulting from Raytheon Missile Systems' participation in the competition. We deny the protest.

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