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B-419012,B-419012.2 1 (2020-10-27)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaebwv0001 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 version has been approved for public release. Matter of: Tetra Tech, Inc. File: B-419012; B-419012.2 Date: October 27, 2020 Holly A. Roth, Esq., Elizabeth Leavy, Esq., and William T. Kirkwood, Esq., Reed Smith LLP, for the protester. John W. Cox, Esq., Department of State, for the agency. Heather Self, Esq., and Peter Tran, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest that the agency unreasonably concluded that disclosure of protester's profit margin information under prior incumbent contract did not violate the Procurement Integrity Act is denied because the disclosure did not relate to information protected by the Act and the protester has failed to demonstrate that the disclosure was made knowingly. DECISION Tetra Tech, Inc., of Arlington, Virginia, protests the disclosure of its proprietary information as part of request for proposals (RFP) No. 19AQMM20R0081, which was issued by the Department of State for local guard services. Tetra Tech argues that the agency improperly disclosed its proprietary information and has failed to mitigate the competitive disadvantage stemming from the disclosure. Tetra Tech also contends that the agency failed to conduct a reasonable investigation into whether the disclosure violated the procurement integrity provisions of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act, 41 U.S.C. §§ 2101-2107, known as the Procurement Integrity Act (PIA). We deny the protest. BACKGROUND On July 2, 2020, the agency issued the solicitation seeking proposals for the provision of local guard services at the United States embassy in Lilongwe, Malawi. Agency Report (AR), Tab 2, RFP at 1, 4. The solicitation contemplated award of a time-and- materials contract including some fixed-price and cost-reimbursement elements with a

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