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By Nick Wakeman
Bidders are clashing over proposed solutions to the dispute as Army seeks to resolve organizational conflict-of-interest arguments surrounding its SETA III contract.
The Army thinks the easiest way to solve issues with a $365 million contract that it set-aside for women-owned small businesses is to cancel and start over.
But that is not sitting well with some of the bidders.
In 2023, the Army picked Advanced Technology Leaders Inc. to be the prime on the PEO STRI Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance III contract.
But three bidders have since filed protests at the U.S. Court of Federal Claims — Will Technology, StraCon Services Group and Mayvin.
One of their major accusations was that ATL had an organizational conflict-of- interest through its subcontractor Seneca Global Services.
After the protests were filed, the Army agreed to investigate the OCI allegation and found that there was a conflict. The Army pulled back the award to ATL.
Court documents indicate the Army agreed to pull back the award and to adjust the labor rates in the solicitation. Bidders would be able to submit amended proposals. That was at the end of 2023.
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