GAO sustains Blue Origin's launch services protest, recommends USAF amend RFP

By Courtney Albon / November 18, 2019 at 5:45 PM
(Editor's note: This story has been updated to include comments from the Air Force and Blue Origin.) The Government Accountability Office has sustained Blue Origin's protest of Phase 2 of the Air Force's Launch Services Procurement effort and is recommending the service amend the solicitation. According to a statement from GAO , the watchdog agency sided with Blue Origin's claim that the Air Force's decision to make a best-value award based on independently developed proposals was "unreasonable." "GAO sustained...

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