GAO to hear protest of its own contract award

Nick Wakeman By Nick Wakeman,
Editor-in-Chief, Washington Technology

By Nick Wakeman

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General Dynamics IT has gone to the Government Accountability Office to protest the agency's award of a $115 million contract to another company.

General Dynamics IT lost a contract to support IT operations at Government Accountability Office and they’ve filed a protest at… none other than GAO.

The contract was awarded by the NIH Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center and is worth $115.2 million. It was won by American Solutions International Group.

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General Dynamics was the long-time incumbent through its acquisition of CSRA.

So how does GAO hear a protest of its own contract award? Simple answer: Firewalls, really good firewalls.

A decision is due Sept. 11.

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