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B-415514,B-415514.2,B-415514.3 1 (2018-01-18)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadumm0001 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 approvedforpublic release. Matter of: Leidos Innovations Corporation File: B-415514; B-415514.2; B-415514.3 Date: January 18, 2018 J. Scott Hommer, III, Esq., KeirX. Bancroft, Esq., Chelsea B. Knudson, Esq, Christopher G. Griesedieck, Esq., Michael T. Francel, Esq., Emily A. Unnasch, Esq., Jengeih S. Tamba, Esq., and Spencer P. Williams, Esq., Venable LLP, for the protester. Jason A. Carey, Esq., Alexis N. Dyschkant, Esq., Andrew R. Guy, Esq., Kayleigh M. Scalzo, Esq., John W. Sorrenti, Esq., and Patrick J. Stanton, Esq., Covington & Burling, LLP, and James C. Cox, Esq., and Anjali Chaturvedi, Esq., for Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, the intervenor. Charlene T. Storino, Esq., Department of Homeland Security, for the agency. K. Nicole Willems, Esq., and Jennifer D. Westfall-McGrail, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Protest that agency failed to give adequate consideration to awardee's alleged organizational conflict of interest is denied where record shows the agency carefully investigated whether the awardee had an organizational conflict of interest and concluded that none existed. 2. Protest that agency's evaluation was unreasonable is denied where the record shows the evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the solicitation. DECISION Leidos Innovations Corporation, of Reston, Virginia, protests the issuance of a task order to Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation (NGSC), of McLean, Virginia, under request for proposals (RFP) No. HSHQDC-1 6-R-00080, issued by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Office of Biometric Identity Management (OBIM), for a biometric analysis system. Leidos contends that NGSC should have been disqualified from the competition due to an alleged organizational conflict of interest (OCI). The protester also challenges the evaluation of proposals. We deny the protest.

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