Geo Owl Loses Conflict Protest of Special Operations Contract

Geo Owl LLC failed to show that the Special Operations Command improperly evaluated an alleged organizational conflict of interest before awarding Quiet Professionals LLC a $34 million contract for socio-cultural analysis services, the GAO said in a decision released Thursday.

Geo Owl argued that that Quiet Professionals’ alleged hiring of a former agency contracting officer, and the advantage the official could provide, wasn’t properly considered.

The agency reasonably determined there was no conflict because the official worked in a separate contracting division at the agency that specializes in IT procurements, the Government Accountability Office said.

Geo Owl also failed to ...