B-286194.7: May 29, 2002

The Department of the Navy requested reconsideration of a GAO decision in which GAO sustained the protest challenging the Navy's determination, pursuant to Office of Management and Budget Circular A-76, that it would be more economical to perform base operations and support services in-house than to contract for those services with the protester. GAO sustained this protest on the basis of multiple...

B-286194.7: May 29, 2002

GAO will presume prejudice unless the record affirmatively demonstrates its absence. 5. Recommended corrective action addressing conflict of interest portion of prior decision is modified to provide for only prospective application. We concluded that the Navy's use of the same employee and consultants to develop both the PWS and the in-house management plan for performance by the government's "mos...