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Briefing

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, February 9th, 2016

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The Government Accountability Office has rejected a protest by Lovelace Scientific and Technical Services over the Department of Homeland Security’s potential 10-year, $481 million award last fall to Battelle Memorial Institute to continue managing the National Biodefense Analysis Countermeasures Center, also called the NBACC. Lovelace charged that DHS unreasonably evaluated its proposal and failed to mitigate an apparent organizational conflict of interest. A stop work order in effect since the protest was filed was lifted on Feb. 8, permitting Battelle…

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