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Agency’s evaluation of awardee’s proposed level of effort was unreasonable and inconsistent, it failed to account for differences in offerors’ transition plans and effectively penalized offerors and organizational conflict of interest (OCI) investigation was not reasonable

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Long Description

1. Protest is sustained where agency’s evaluation of awardee’s proposed level of effort was unreasonable and inconsistent with the terms of the solicitation.

2, Protest of solicitation’s evaluation scheme is sustained where it failed to account for differences in offerors’ transition plans and effectively penalized offerors that proposed to provide full staffing and operational performance on the first day of the task order and rewarded offers that proposed a phased approach to staffing and performance.

3. Agency’s organizational conflict of interest (OCI) investigation was not reasonable

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http://www.gao.gov/products/B-411573.2,B-411573.3

Benefit/Value

GAO will resolve any doubts regarding prejudice in favor of a protester since a reasonable possibility of prejudice is a sufficient basis for sustaining a protest. See Kellogg, Brown & Root Servs., Inc.--Recon., B-309752.8, Dec. 20, 2007, 2008 CPD ¶ 84 at 5.