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B-419709.3 Dec 21, 2021 1 (2021-12-21)

handle is hein.gao/gaomow0001 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-419709.3 Date: December 21, 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. Mark Grebel, Esq., and Anthony Lascola, 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 1. Protest alleging that agency failed to effectively waive an organizational conflict of interest (OCI) for the awardee is denied where record shows agency's actions were legally sufficient to waive an OCI on the part of the awardee. 2. Allegation that agency improperly attributed one past performance example to the awardee is denied where record shows that the past performance example was performed by the same exact entity that was proposed to perform the solicited requirement. 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 (CAIC). Steel Point argues that the agency failed to effectively waive an organizational conflict of interest (OCI) on the part of Deloitte that makes award to the firm improper, and also argues that the agency failed to take into consideration the OCI in evaluating Deloitte's past performance. We deny the protest.

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