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GAO Decision Upholding Raytheon’s Protest Shows Firm Had Lower Bid

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, July 29th, 2014

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Raytheon [RTN] submitted a lower bid than Elbit Systems [ESLT] in the competition to build and install fixed surveillance towers along select stretches of the nation’s southwest border with Mexico although non-price factors as a whole were more important than price, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) says in its decision upholding Raytheon’s protest of the government’s award in February of the Integrated Fixed Tower Project (IFT) to Elbit. GAO’s 18-page decision on the IFT protest quotes Customs and Border Protection’s…

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