Congress may have aimed in the wrong direction with a new provision intended to reform the way the Pentagon handles contractors' bid protests, according to a new study RAND Corp. recently delivered to Capitol Hill. At issue is a section in the Fiscal Year 2018 National Defense Authorization Act that seeks to deter frivolous bid protests by requiring contractors with at least $250 million in revenue to reimburse the Defense Department for the cost of an unsuccessful protest. RAND, in...
