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B-418835,B-418835.2 1 (2020-09-25)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaebtd0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAOU.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States Decision Matter of: Teledyne Brown Engineering, Inc. File: B-418835; B-418835.2 Date: September 25, 2020 Andrew E. Shipley, Esq., Philip E. Beshara, Esq., Chanda L. Brown, Esq., and Jessica S. Aldrich, Esq., Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, LLP, for the protester. Seth H. Locke, Esq., David E. Fletcher, Esq., Alexander 0. Canizares, Esq., and Brenna D. Duncam, Esq., Perkins Coie LLP, for SGT, LLC, the intervenor. Vincent A. Salgado, Esq., Rosalind Cylar, Esq., and Warnecke Miller, Esq., National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 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 individual having extensive involvement in essentially every aspect of the agency's acquisition has an apparent conflict of interest is sustained where the record shows that the agency recognized the apparent conflict, but failed adequately to investigate and mitigate it. DECISION Teledyne Brown Engineering, Inc., of Huntsville, Alabama, protests the award of a contract to SGT, LLC, of Greenbelt, Maryland, by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under request for proposals (RFP) No. 80MSFC19R0033, issued to acquire ground systems and operations services at Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) in Huntsville, Alabama. Teledyne argues that the agency misevaluated proposals, improperly engaged in discussions exclusively with SGT, and made an unreasonable source selection decision. Teledyne also argues that certain current and former NASA employees had conflicts of interest in connection with their activities surrounding the acquisition. We sustain the protest.

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