> > “the Contractor agrees it shall make an immediate and full disclosure, in writing, to the Contracting Officer of any potential or actual organizational conf

> > “the Contractor agrees it shall make an immediate and full disclosure, in writing, to the Contracting Officer of any potential or actual organizational conflict of interest or the existence of any facts that may cause a reasonably prudent person to question the contractor’s impartiality because of the appearance or existence of bias.” > So "it should have been obvious" or "technically it wasn't a real conflict of interest" is really not a defense here. Exactly the key sentence that many people overlook is: "actual organizational conflict of interest or the existence of any facts that may cause a reasonably prudent person to question the contractor’s impartiality" Like i said above it's not if you think you can be impartial it's if others might think you might not be impartial, in other words if they perceive that you could have a conflict of interest.