The Army last week re-opened a competition to operate and maintain the Radford Army Ammunition Plant that Britain’s BAE Systems had won this spring from incumbent contractor Alliant Techsystems [ATK]. BAE in May won the potential $850 million contract to manage, operate, and maintain the Virginia-based facility (Defense Daily, May 16). The contract was for 10 years and contained options to extend BAE’s role for up to 15 years more. A week after the award, ATK protested. That protest was…
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