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B-412941,B-412941.2 1 (2016-07-08)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadske0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O Comptroller General Accountabilty * Integrity * Reliability of the United States U n ite d S tate s G o v e rn m e n t A c c o u nta b ility O ff ice -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Decision been approved for public release. Matter of: Social Impact, Inc. File: B-412941; B-412941.2 Date: July 8, 2016 Pamela J. Mazza, Esq., Megan C. Connor, Esq., Michelle E. Litteken, Esq., and Julia Di Vito, Esq., PilieroMazza PLLC, for the protester. Holly A. Roth, Esq., Reed Smith LLP, and William M. Jack, Esq., Elizabeth C. Johnson, Esq., and Amba M. Datta, Esq., Kelley Drye & Warren LLP, for Management Systems International, Inc., an intervenor. John B. Alumbaugh, Esq., United States Agency for International Development, for the agency. Matthew T. Crosby, Esq., April Y. Shields, and Glenn G. Wolcott, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest challenging agency's acceptance of awardee's organizational conflict of interest mitigation plan is denied where the record reflects that the contracting officer reviewed the plan and, after requesting various revisions, reasonably determined that its procedures--including the use of firewalls and subcontractors-- adequately avoided, neutralized, or mitigated potential conflicts of interest. 2. Protest challenging agency's evaluation of the realism of awardee's proposed labor costs is denied where the record reflects that the agency reasonably determined the costs to be realistic based on an analysis of salary histories, the government's local compensation plan, and current market rates. DECISION Social Impact, Inc., of Arlington, Virginia, protests the award of a contract to Management Systems International, Inc. (MSI), also of Arlington, Virginia, by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) under request for proposals (RFP) No. SOL-497-15-000010 for monitoring and evaluation services in support of USAID programs in Indonesia. Social Impact alleges that the agency failed to mitigate organizational conflicts of interest (OCI) on the part of MSI. Social Impact also alleges that the agency's cost realism analysis was unreasonable and that various other aspects of the source selection process were flawed.

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