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B-421740,B-421740.2 Sep 18, 2023 1 (2023-09-18)

handle is hein.gao/gaopeo0001 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 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: Guidehouse, Inc. File: B-421740; B-421740.2 Date: September 18, 2023 Brian G. Walsh, Esq., Tracye Winfrey Howard, Esq., Cara L. Sizemore, Esq., Jennifer Eve Retener, Esq., and Morgan W. Huston, Esq., Wiley Rein LLP, for the protester. David S. Cohen, Esq., John J. O'Brien, Esq., Pablo Nichols, Esq., and Rhina Cardenal, Esq., Cordatis LLP, for Deloitte Touche, LLP, an intervenor. Stephan Piel, Esq., Department of Defense, 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 that government official acting as the technical evaluation board chair has an apparent potential conflict of interest is sustained where the record does not show that the agency adequately considered the apparent potential conflict and failed to investigate other aspects of the matter or consider whether to require any avoidance or mitigation measures. DECISION Guidehouse, Inc., of McLean, Virginia, protests the issuance of a task order to Deloitte & Touche, LLP, of Arlington, Virginia, under request for quotations (RFQ) No. HQ003423R0124, issued by the Department of Defense, Washington Headquarters Services, for audit remediation and sustainment services for the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller). Guidehouse argues that the chair of the agency's technical evaluation board had an impermissible conflict that should have precluded this individual from participation in activities relating to the agency's acquisition, and that the agency also misevaluated quotations and made an unreasonable source selection decision. We sustain the protest.

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