As the government contracting market shrinks, companies are increasingly blaming bid protests for delays in anticipated work. Take Kratos Defense and Security Solutions, which earlier this month cut its guidance in response to multiple protests and delays. Contracting attorneys say companies large and small are more frequently assuming that fraught competitions will yield protests and building that assumption into their plans. "There are certainly fewer contracts, there are fewer contracting dollars, the contracts that are out there [are] worth much...
