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.
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