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B-299131.1 1 (2007-02-16)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptaudc0001 and id is 1 raw text is: A G A O Comptroller General . Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been Decision .approved for public release. Matter of: Operational Research Consultants, Inc. File: B-299131.1; B-299131.2 Date: February 16, 2007 John S. Pachter, Esq., Jonathan D. Shaffer, Esq., Mary Pat Gregory, Esq., and Stephanie D. Capps, Esq., Smith Pachter McWhorter, PLC, for the protester. Daniel S. Koch, Esq., and Hillary E. Clark, Esq., Paley Rothman Goldstein Rosenberg Eig & Cooper, for Enspier Technologies, Inc., an intervenor. John E. Cornell, Esq., General Services Administration, for the agency. Jonathan L. Kang, Esq., and Glenn G. Wolcott, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest that award was tainted by organizational conflicts of interest is denied where the record does not support allegations that the awardee participated in the drafting of the statement of work or had access to non-public information that would have provided a competitive advantage. 2. Protest challenging agency's evaluation of vendor's technical and price quotations is denied where the record supports the reasonableness of the agency's evaluations, and does not support the protester's allegations regarding inadequate discussions. DECISION Operational Research Consultants, Inc. (ORC) protests the award of a task order to Enspier Technologies, Inc. under request for quotations (RFQ) No. TQ-PLB-06-0001, issued by the General Services Administration (GSA) for operations and maintenance services for the Federal Public Key Infrastructure Architecture (FPKIA). The protester argues that the award to Enspier was tainted by organizational conflicts of interest (OCIs), and challenges the agency's evaluation of vendors' price and technical quotations, the adequacy of discussions, and the reasonableness of the agency's source selection decision. We deny the protest.

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