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B-418486,B-418486.2,B-418486.3 1 (2020-05-27)

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GAO U.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
                                           been approved for public release.


Matter of:   Inquiries, Inc.

File:     B-418486; B-418486.2; B-418486.3

Date:        May 27, 2020

Jason A. Carey, Esq., J. Hunter Bennett, Esq., Andrew R. Guy, Esq., and Peter B.
Terenzio III, Esq., Covington & Burling, LLP, for the protester.
Damien  C. Specht, Esq., James A. Tucker, Esq., and Alissandra D. Young, Esq.,
Morrison & Foerster LLP, for ASRC Federal Professional Services, LLC, the intervenor.
Jay P. Fraude, Esq., Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency, for the agency.
Sarah T. Zaffina, Esq., and Jennifer D. Westfall-McGrail, Esq., Office of the General
Counsel, GAO,  participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST

1. Protest challenging the agency's evaluation of the protester's proposal is denied
where the evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the solicitation's evaluation
criteria.

2. Protest challenging the agency's evaluation of the awardee's corporate experience is
denied where, notwithstanding apparent errors, the protester fails to demonstrate
competitive prejudice.

3. Protest that the awardee has an impaired objectivity organizational conflict of interest
is denied where the record shows that while the protest was pending, the agency
meaningfully considered the potential conflicts arising from current work on other
contracts by companies affiliated with the awardee and reasonably determined no
conflict exists.
DECISION

Inquiries, Inc., a small business, of Easton, Maryland, protests the award of a contract
to ASRC  Federal Professional Services, LLC (AFPS), also a small business, of
Beltsville, Maryland, under request for proposals (RFP) No. 24362019R0004, issued by
the Department of Defense, Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA),
for case processing operation center (CPOC) services related to federal background

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