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Government rejects SAIC protest of Air Force contract award

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By John Nolan, Staff Writer 7:34 PM Monday, February 6, 2012

The government said Monday that it has rejected Science Applications International Corp.’s protest of an Air Force intelligence services support contract awarded to Beavercreek-based defense contractor MacAulay-Brown Inc.

The U.S. Government Accountability Office rejected the protest from SAIC, which previously held the contract for that work and had bid for the new contract. The GAO said records from the competition did not support SAIC’s claims that the Air Force misevaluated the companies’ technical proposals.

The GAO also rejected SAIC’s claim that MacAulay-Brown may have had an “organizational conflict of interest” by using nonpublic information to recruit SAIC personnel who had previously handled the intelligence work. The Air Force investigated and concluded that MacAulay-Brown used publicly accessible information to contact and employ SAIC personnel for the assignment, the GAO said.

MacAulay-Brown’s bid totaled about $60 million, compared with SAIC’s $56.3 million, the GAO said.

SAIC and MacAulay-Brown declined comment on the GAO’s ruling.

Contact this reporter at (937) 225-2242 or jnolan@DaytonDailyNews.com.

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