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GAO Denies Ball’s JPSS-2 Bid Protest

Pat Host

Thursday, July 16th, 2015

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GAO Denies Ball’s JPSS-2 Bid Protest

NOAA's first Joint Polar Satellite System satellite (JPSS-1). Photo: Ball Aerospace.

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) on Thursday denied Ball Aerospace’s [BLL] bid protest of NASA’s Joint Polar Satellite System-2 (JPSS-2) contract award to Orbital ATK [OA] in March.GAO Managing Associate General Counsel for Procurement Law Ralph White said in a statement the details of Ball’s challenges, and GAO’s decision resolving them, are covered under a protective order. GAO has asked the parties to identify information that cannot be publically released so that it may issue a public version of the…

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