About | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline
LOG IN
LOG IN

B-420776,B-420776.2 Aug 30, 2022 1 (2022-08-30)

handle is hein.gao/gaonov0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 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 a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has Decision been approved for public release. Matter of: WHR Group, Inc. File: B-420776; B-420776.2 Date: August 30, 2022 Frank S. Murray, Esq., David T. Ralston, Jr., Esq., Julia Di Vito, Esq., and Megan Chester, Esq., Foley & Lardner LLP, for the protester. Seamus Curley, Esq, and Chelsea L. Goulet, Esq., Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP, for BGRS Relocation Inc.; and William F. Savarino, Esq., John J. O'Brien, Esq., and Rhina Cardenal, Esq., Cordatis LLP, for RELO Direct, Inc., the intervenors. Marcela A. Liddick, Esq., and Carlos S. Pedraza, Esq., Department of Justice, for the agency. Louis A. Chiarella, Esq., and Peter H. Tran, 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 an awardee's potential impaired objectivity organizational conflict of interest is denied where it was reasonable for the agency to conclude that no conflict would result from award of the blanket purchase agreement, and future potential conflicts that may arise under subsequent orders are properly analyzed at the time of those subsequent actions. 2. Protest challenging the agency's evaluation of protester's technical approach is sustained where the agency failed to adequately document the evaluation rating assigned to protester's quotation, and the error was prejudicial to the protester. 3. Protest challenging the agency's best-value tradeoff decision is sustained where the record reflects that the agency improperly increased the relative importance of price, and decreased the relative importance of the non-price evaluation factors, from that as set forth in the solicitation's stated evaluation criteria. DECISION WHR Group, off Pewaukee, Wisconsin, protests the establishment of blanket purchase agreements (BPA) with BGRS Relocation Inc., of Burr Ridge, Illinois, RELO Direct, Inc., of Chicago, Illinois, and Allegiance Government Relocation, of Woodbridge, Virginia, under request for quotations (RFQ) No. 15F06722Q0000045, issued by the Department

What Is HeinOnline?

HeinOnline is a subscription-based resource containing thousands of academic and legal journals from inception; complete coverage of government documents such as U.S. Statutes at Large, U.S. Code, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Reports, and much more. Documents are image-based, fully searchable PDFs with the authority of print combined with the accessibility of a user-friendly and powerful database. For more information, request a quote or trial for your organization below.



Contact us for annual subscription options:

Contact Us

Already a HeinOnline Subscriber?

Log In

profiles profiles most