United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao_comptroller_general legislative 2016-06-23 U.S. Government Publishing Office 2002-06-10 monographic deposited born digital 9 p. GA 1.13:B-290113 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-290113 P0b002ee18fd44127 f:290113 DGPO 2016-06-23 2016-06-23 GAOREPORTS-B-290113 machine generated eng fdlp COMPTROLLERDECISION GAOREPORTS-B-290113 B-290113 Comptroller General Decision 1. Protest alleging that a firm should be excluded from competition under a solicitation for information technology services because it assisted in the preparation of the solicitation is denied, where the allegation is based on inference and suspicion rather than substantial facts or hard evidence, and the agency unequivocally and credibly asserts that the firm did not assist in the preparation of the solicitation.<p/>2. Protest that a firm should be excluded from competition under a solicitation for information technology services because the firm, through its performance of a delivery order for the agency, was given access to information that the protester now claims as proprietary, is denied, where the information was furnished voluntarily and without restrictions on its use.<p/>3. With regard to a solicitation that consolidates services previously performed by two contractors under separate delivery orders into one contract, protest by one of the contractors that the other contractor (a competitor) gained an unfair competitive advantage by obtaining from the agency the names and home telephone numbers of the contractor's employees is denied where the contractor's competitor was already familiar with the contractor's employees and there is thus no indication that the agency's actions resulted in any unfair competitive advantage.<p/>4. Prior performance of similar requirements by a firm does not give rise to a prohibited conflict of interest or provide an unfair competitive advantage where any advantage the firm may have is merely that of an incumbent contractor. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-290113/html/GAOREPORTS-B-290113.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-290113/pdf/GAOREPORTS-B-290113.pdf GAO/B-290113 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-290113 Comptroller General Decision GAO/B-290113; Snell Enterprises, Inc.;