Contractors found to have undisclosed and unmitigated OCIs, existed before award or arose thereafter, face variety of bad outcomes contract termination, suspension debarment, liability for fraud under False Claims Act FCA. Unfair Competitive Advantage, Impaired Objectivity.
In the first two parts of this series, we have summarized what constitutes an Organizational Conflict of Interest (“OCI”) in government procurements, and discussed OCIs’ importance in.