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B-285645 1 (2000-09-08)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptaldv0001 and id is 1 raw text is: -e GeAtOa __Comptroller General of the United States United States General Accounting 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. Decision Matter of: American Management Systems, Inc. File: B-285645 Date: September 8, 2000 Devon E. Hewitt, Esq., Dennis E. Pryba, II, Esq., and Alex D. Tomaszczuk, Esq., Shaw Pittman, for the protester. William A. Roberts, III, Esq., Phillip H. Harrington, Esq., and William S. Lieth, Esq., Wiley, Rein & Fielding, for KPMG Peat Marwick, an intervenor. Phillipa L. Anderson, Esq., Dennis Foley, Esq., and Phillip S. Kauffman, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agency. Henry J. Gorczycki, Esq., and James Spangenberg, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Organizational conflict of interest does not exist in procurement for financial management software where, while agency's integration contractor that provides advice and assistance to the agency concerning available software has an agreement with the selected software vendor to seek out opportunities to join together in a prime contractor/subcontractor relationship, that agreement does not apply to the protested procurement and the integration contractor has no other relationship with the selected vendor that creates a significant conflict of interest. DECISION American Management Systems, Inc. (AMS) protests a pro c urement by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) under General Services Administration (GSA) Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) contract No. GS-35F-4997H, for Joint Financial Management Improvement Program (JFMIP) certified software. AMS protests that assistance on this procurement given to VA by the agency's system integration contractor, KPMG Peat Marwick, creates an impermissible organizational conflict of interest. We deny the protest. Since 1992, VA has been using financial management software from AMS. Agency Report at 2. In 1998, VA began planning improvements to the agency's financial and

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