The Defense Department has issued a slew of policy pronouncements and rule changes to ensure that its employees use GSA schedule contracts in prudent, cost-effective, legally sound ways, both contractually and fiscally speaking.
As a lawyer who has brought bid protests on behalf of protesters and defended them on behalf of awardees, I am always of two minds whenever I learn of something that may generate more bid protest litigation. That was my reaction to recent press reports about the General Services Administration's new plan to hire as many as 100 outside contract employees for acquisition and contract administration services ? work that federal employees normally would perform.
