Friday, April 19, 2024
Friday, April 19, 2024
A new RAND Corp. study on bid protests leads off this Wednesday INSIDER Daily Digest.
A section in the Fiscal Year 2018 National Defense Authorization Act seeks to deter frivolous bid protests, something which the RAND Corp. looked into:
RAND study diverges from Congress on bid protest reform
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.
Check out our recent bid protest coverage:
Pentagon, defense industry face new bid protest regime
The Defense Department and contractors have two years to ready for a new provision in the defense authorization bill requiring large contractors who file losing bid protests with the Government Accountability Office to pay the Pentagon's costs in processing the protest.
PSC offers feedback to NDAA conference on bid protests, other provisions
The Professional Services Council is aiming to strip language from the fiscal year 2018 defense policy bill that would require losing bid protestors to pay the costs associated with the protest.
As Congress pursues protest changes, GAO official defends process
As Congress and the Section 809 panel are weighing whether the bid protest process should be changed, a senior Government Accountability Office official said protests remain important and shouldn't be viewed as impediments.
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A new Office of Naval Research-led project, which expects to award contracts in July, is known as "CLAWS":
Navy pursues UUV survivability technology development effort
The Navy is embarking on a technology development effort to use autonomy to bolster the survivability of large and extra-large underwater vehicles.
Document: Navy BAA on the CLAWS program
The Navy's multibillion-dollar Air and Missile Defense Radar program is a $6.1 billion effort managed by Raytheon which has accomplished key developmental milestones ahead of plan:
Navy realigns AMDR testing plan to synch with slip in DDG-51 Flight III schedule
The Navy's multibillion-dollar Air and Missile Defense Radar program is now realigning testing activities due to a schedule slip in construction plans of the lead ship that will host the powerful, next-generation radar system: the new Flight III variant of the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer.