8.4  Organizational Conflict of Interest (OCI)

OCI clauses are included in the contracts under which non-governmental technical advisors will provide support to this source selection.  The OCI clauses require the companies and individual non-government advisors to protect offeror proprietary data and government source selection information and prohibit the companies from otherwise participating as an offeror, a subcontractor, or as a consultant to an offeror/subcontractor in relation to this acquisition.

All OCI issues must be resolved before FPR request because an OCI may affect the proposed subcontractors and thus affect the overall rating of the proposal.  The Government must be able to address these issues in discussions, and all OCI matters must be resolved prior to award.  Refer to FAR 9.506 for further guidance.

(Note: Contracts providing the SSET non-government source selection advisors should be reviewed by the Contracting Officer to ensure the appropriate OCI clauses are contained in the contracts prior to appointment.)