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B-413982.4,B-413982.6 1 (2017-11-29)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadujs0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAO 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: Fisher BioServices, Inc. File: B-413982.4; B-413982.6 Date: November 29, 2017 Stephen E. Ruscus, Esq., Donna Lee Yesner, Esq., Suzanne E. Bassett, Esq., and Katelyn M. Hilferty, Esq., Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, for the protester. Keith R. Szeliga, Esq., Matthew W. Turetzky, Esq., Adam Bartolanzo, Esq., and Ariel Debin, Esq., Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP, for Precision Bioservices, Inc., the intervenor. Brian C. Caney, Esq., and Anthony E. Marrone, Esq., Department of Health and Human Services, for the agency. Peter D. Verchinski, Esq., and Amy B. Pereira, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest challenging the agency's evaluation under the technical evaluation factors is denied where the evaluation was reasonable and in accordance with the solicitation's evaluation criteria. 2. Protest alleging that the awardee had an unequal access to information organizational conflict of interest through receipt of proprietary information regarding the protester's methodology for storing samples is denied where the protester fails to present sufficient facts indicating the existence of a conflict of interest, and where the contracting officer reasonably found no conflict existed. DECISION Fisher BioServices, Inc., of Rockville, Maryland, protests the award of a contract to Precision Bioservices, Inc., of Frederick, Maryland, under request for proposals (RFP) No. NIH-NIDDK-KUH-ASB-2016-19, issued by the Department of Health and Human Services, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, for the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease (NIDDK) biosample and genetics repositories. Fisher challenges the agency's evaluation of proposals and source selection decision. We deny the protest.

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