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                    1Oo_        U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE
                                A Century of Non-Partisan Fact-Based Work
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:   Zolon Tech, Inc.

File:        B-419280.4

Date:     March 18, 2021

Thomas  K. David, Esq., and Kenneth D. Brody, Esq., David, Brody & Dondershine, LLP,
for the protester.
Anthony J. Mazzeo, Esq., Michael L. Sterling, Esq., and Daniel A. D. Salmon, Esq.,
Vandeventer  Black LLP, for the intervenor.
Emily Vartanian, Esq., Library of Congress, for the agency.
Lois Hanshaw,  Esq., and Evan C. Williams, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO,
participated in the preparation of the decision.
DIGEST

1. Protest challenging the agency's evaluation is denied where the record reflects that
the evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the solicitation's terms and
applicable procurement statutes and regulations.

2. Protest that award was tainted by an organizational conflict of interest is denied
where the record does not support allegations that the awardee had access to non-
public information that would have provided a competitive advantage.
DECISION

Zolon Tech, Inc. (Zolon), of Herndon, Virginia, protests the award of seven indefinite-
delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contracts and the issuance of a task order to Artemis
Consulting, Inc. (Artemis), of McLean, Virginia, under request for proposals
(RFP) 030ADV20R0100, issued by   the Library of Congress (LOC) for agile
development  and system integration services. Zolon challenges the agency's
evaluation of its technical proposal and contends that Artemis possesses an
organizational conflict of interest (OCI).

We  deny the protest.

BACKGROUND

On June  26, 2020, the LOC issued the solicitation seeking a contractor to provide
services to support the planning, design, development, integration and maintenance of

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