
The prospect of losing out in a major competition and the fear of acquisition officials of protests by losing bidders is influencing a number of aspects of the acquisition process by both the Defense Department and industry, according to a former DoD and industry official.There is a lot of time, energy and cost associated with bid protests, Sean O’Keefe, who is currently a professor at Syracuse Univ. and a senior adviser to the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS),…