B-423954.2

Ideal Innovations, Inc.

Jul 2, 2026.ArmyDepartment of War
DeniedOrganizational Conflict of Interest

GAO Digest

Ideal Innovations, Inc. (I-3), a small business of Arlington, Virginia, protests the issuance of a task order to Allegheny Science & Technology Corporation, a small business of Bridgeport, West Virginia, under request for proposals (RFP) No. W15QKN-25-R-14W4, issued by the Department of the Army, U.S. Army Materiel Command, for technical and engineering operations services in support of the Army's Biometrics Operations Division (BOD). The protester contends that the awardee had multiple disqualifying personal and organizational conflicts of interests (OCIs), and that the agency's evaluation was unreasonable. We deny the protest.

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Jul 2, 2026.
Publicly released
Aug 20, 2026.
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Army
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Department of War

Formerly the Department of Defense

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