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B-421568,B-421568.2 Jul 03, 2023 1 (2023-07-03)

handle is hein.gao/gaooxq0001 and id is 1 raw text is: U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States Decision DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE Matter of: MPZA, LLC The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. File: B-421568; B-421568.2 - ---------- Date: July 3, 2023 Edward J. Tolchin, Esq., Offit Kurman, for the protester. James Y. Boland, Esq, Michael T. Francel, Esq., and Emily R. Marcy, Esq., Venable LLP, for Eagle Harbor, LLC, the intervenor. Nathan E. Mires, Esq., Department of Justice, for the agency. Heather Self, Esq., and Peter H. Tran, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest challenging agency's price evaluation is sustained where agency's price analysis is inadequately documented such that we are unable to review the evaluation to determine whether it was reasonable. 2. Protest challenging agency's determination that the awardee did not have a disqualifying organizational conflict of interest is denied where protester fails to present hard facts indicating the existence of a conflict where the contracting officer reasonably found that no conflict existed. 3. Protest that awardee had unfair competitive advantage stemming from hiring of a former agency employee is denied where the employee was not involved in the development of either the solicitation or the awardee's proposal in response to the solicitation. DECISION MPZA, LLC,1 a small disadvantaged business of Gaithersburg, Maryland, protests the award of a contract to Eagle Harbor, LLC, a small disadvantaged business of Anchorage, Alaska, under request for proposals (RFP) No. 155A00021 R00000101, issued by the Department of Justice (DOJ), Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) for information technology (IT) support services. The protester 1 Various members of MPZA's team and proposed subcontractors are performing the incumbent contract. Protest at 3-4. For ease of reference, we refer to MPZA, itself, as the incumbent contractor, rather than delineating the various team member and subcontractor relationships, which are not relevant to our discussion of issues.

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