Navy won't re-open NGJ-LB competition despite GAO recommendation

By Aidan Quigley / October 22, 2021 at 1:53 PM
The Government Accountability Office has sustained another protest Northrop Grumman filed against the Navy's decision to award L3Harris Technologies a contract for the Next Generation Jammer-Low Band Capability Block 1. In an Aug. 18 decision released publicly Thursday, GAO sustained Northrop's allegation that the agency misevaluated L3Harris's proposal when the Navy rated it as acceptable despite the fact L3Harris did not demonstrate compliance with a material solicitation requirement. GAO recommended the Navy "reopen discussions and request revised proposals; evaluate proposals...

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