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Senate Seeks To Prevent Knee-Jerk Protests Of Major Defense Contract Awards

Tuesday, May 24th, 2016

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Senate Seeks To Prevent Knee-Jerk Protests Of Major Defense Contract Awards

Concerned about major acquisition programs being routinely stalled by protests by losing companies of the contract award, the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) wants to up the ante on filing a complaint with the Government Accountability Office (GAO).Few weapon acquisition programs escape a protest to the GAO by the losing contractor. In the past year, a sample of marquee programs put on hold for a portion of the 100-day protest period includes the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV), the Army’s…

Congress

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Army

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