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B-279048.2 1 (1998-08-24)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptahrh0001 and id is 1 raw text is: oComptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: Professional Gunsmithing Inc. File: B-279048.2 Date: August 24, 1998 Matthew Gish for the protester. Alan M. Grayson, Esq., and Ira E. Hoffman, Esq., Grayson & Associates, for Springfield Armory, Inc., an intervenor. John A. Krump, Esq., Federal Bureau of Investigation, for the agency. Katherine I. Riback, Esq., and Paul Lieberman, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that agency's award decision was affected by an improper conflict of interest between a consultant to the agency technical evaluation panel and the awardee (arising from a possible financial relationship established by a settlement agreement from a trademark infringement lawsuit) is denied where there is no credible evidence that the consultant was in a position to receive any financial benefit as a result of the award of this contract, and no evidence that the consultant exerted any improper influence in the procurement on behalf of the awardee or against the protester. DECISION Professional Gunsmithing Inc. (ProGun) protests the award of a contract to Springfield Armory, Inc., under request for proposals (RFP) No. 6990, issued by the Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). ProGun argues that the agency's decisions were tainted as the result of an improper conflict of interest arising from a financial relationship between the awardee and an outside consultant hired by the agency to assist in the evaluation process.' We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The RFP, issued on October 25, 1996, sought proposals to provide .45 caliber, semi-automatic, single-action pistols to the various Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) teams throughout the agency. The RFP, which reflected an effort to 1The protester initially raised another argument that was summarily dismissed as untimely.

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