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April 17, 2015 By SEO Admin

Reality check: Sole-source contract awards are tough to overturn

A lot of contractors don’t like it. But the reality is, in instances where there is only one company capable of performing the work required, the agency is allowed to forgo competition and hand over a contract award.

Protesting contractor: Piedmont Propulsion Systems LLC

Contracting agency: Department of the Navy

Protest issue: Whether the Navy’s decision to issue a sole-source contract was justified.

Decision: Protest denied by the Government Accountability Office March 17, 2015.

Post-mortem:…