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B-419709,B-419709.2 Jul 07, 2021 1 (2021-07-07)

handle is hein.gao/gaomaf0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 1O o U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE A Century of Non-Partisan Fact-Based Work 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: Steel Point Solutions, LLC File: B-419709; B-419709.2 Date: July 7, 2021 Kevin J. Maynard, Esq., Gary S. Ward, Esq., Sarah B. Hansen, Esq., and Nicole E. Giles, Esq., Wiley Rein LLP, for the protester. Keith R. Szeliga, Esq., Katie A. Calogero, Esq., and Adam A. Bartolanzo, Esq., Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP, for Deloitte Consulting, LLP, an intervenor. Major Jason A. Quinn, Kenneth W. Sachs, Esq., and Mark B. Grebel, Esq., National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, for the agency. Scott H. Riback, Esq., and Tania Calhoun, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest alleging that awardee has several other contracts that create an impermissible organizational conflict of interest (OCI) is sustained where record shows that agency failed to adequately consider the extent of potential OCIs on the part of the awardee. DECISION Steel Point Solutions, LLC, of Calverton, Maryland, protests the award of a contract to Deloitte Consulting, LLP, of Arlington, Virginia, under request for proposals (RFP) No. HM047620R0039, issued by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) to design, build and operate a corporate automation implementation center. Steel Point argues that the agency misevaluated proposals and failed to adequately consider whether Deloitte has one or more organizational conflicts of interest that would affect the propriety of awarding a contract to that firm. We sustain the protest. BACKGROUND The RFP contemplates the award of an indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract on a best-value tradeoff basis for a 5-year period of performance considering price and several non-price factors. The non-price factors were past performance, technical/management, and security. RFP, Section M, Evaluation Factors, at 2-3. The technical/management factor included four subfactors: technical approach, program

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