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B-412936.2 1 (2017-03-30)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadtho0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O Comptroller General A Accountabilty * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE Decision The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This version has been approved for public release. Matter of: Harkcon Inc. File: B-412936.2 Date: March 30, 2017 Richard S. Toikka, Esq., Russell 0. Paige, Esq., and Rachel L.T. Rodriguez., Esq., Farkas & Toikka, LLP, for the protester. Otto S. Shill, III, Esq., and Eric D. Gere, Esq., Jennings, Strouss & Salmon, PLC, for Metris, LLC, an intervenor. William H. Butterfield, Esq., United States Coast Guard, for the agency. K. Nicole Willems, Esq., and Scott H. Riback, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest that agency failed to give adequate consideration to awardee's alleged organizational conflict of interest is denied where record shows the agency carefully investigated whether the awardee had an organizational conflict of interest and concluded that none existed. 2. Protest that agency's technical evaluation was unreasonable is denied where record shows that the agency's evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the solicitation and applicable statutes and regulations. DECISION Harkcon Inc., of Fredericksburg, Virginia, protests the award of a contract to Metris, LLC, of Gilbert, Arizona, under request for proposals (RFP) No. HSCG23- 15-PFC999, issued by the Department of Homeland Security, United States Coast Guard (USCG), for training support services to be performed at Coast Guard training centers and support units throughout the country. Harkcon alleges that the agency unreasonably failed to analyze an alleged organizational conflict of interest (OCI) on the part of the awardee and consider a violation by the awardee of the Procurement Integrity Act (PIA). Harkcon also alleges that the agency failed to evaluate its technical proposal reasonably. We deny the protest.

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