
A protest was filed earlier this week over a U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) contract award to Battelle in July for the Non Standard Commercial Vehicle (NSCV) program.The seven-year, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ), firm-fixed-price and cost-plus-fixed-fee contract is worth an estimated $170 million with a two-year option. The contract covers procurement, fielding, initial spares and new equipment training for up to an estimated 511 vehicles, including 375 armored variants and another 136 non-armored variants. Battelle is under a stop work…