Organization Conflict of Interest Appeal Denied | PNWC’s Government Contracting Update

Harkcon Inc was an unsuccessful bidder on a Coast Guard contract to provide training support services at Coast Guard training centers and support units throughout the country. When the award was made to Metris LLC, Harkcon alleged that Metris had an unequal access to information OCI (Organizational Conflict of Interest) that the Coast Guard failed to investigate. You see, Metris had hired a former Coast Guard employee who, while employed by the Coast Guard, was the chief of the Coast Guard’s Forces Readiness Command’s Training Division where Harkcon (the protestor) had worked as a subcontractor. His role as chief provided him access to nonpublic, competitively useful information about Harkcon.

Source: PNWC’s Government Contracting Update: Organization Conflict of Interest Appeal Denied