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B-417643.2,B-417643.3 1 (2020-02-24)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaearx0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAOU.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 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 1been approved for public release. Matter of: URS Federal Services, Inc. File: B-417643.2; B-417643.3 Date: February 24, 2020 Jonathan D. Shaffer, Esq., Mary Pat Buckenmeyer, Esq., and Todd M. Garland, Esq., Smith Pachter McWhorter PLC, for the protester. James Y. Boland, Esq., and Caleb E. McCallum, Esq., Venable LLP, for SimVentions, Inc., the intervenor. Matthew Hawkins, Esq., and Candice Thomas, Esq., Department of the Navy, for the agency. Peter H. Tran, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest that the contracting officer failed to properly evaluate an alleged impaired objectivity organizational conflict of interest in the prospective awardee's proposal is denied where the record shows that the evaluation was reasonable. 2. Protest that the agency engaged in discussions with the prospective awardee, and permitted the firm to materially change its proposal without permitting other offerors the same opportunity, is denied where the record shows the exchange between the agency and prospective awardee occurred with respect to a potential organizational conflict of interest, was appropriate, and did not amount to discussions. DECISION URS Federal Services, Inc., of Germantown, Maryland, protests a determination by the Department of Navy, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD), that SimVentions, Inc., of Fredericksburg, Virginia, did not have a significant potential organizational conflict of interest (OCI) under request for proposals (RFP) No. N001 78- 18-R-3014. URS challenges various aspects of the Navy's OCI determination, and alleges the agency unfairly conducted discussions by only engaging with SimVentions to the detriment of other offerors. We deny the protest.

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