Pentagon Contract Protests Aren't Frivolous, Rand Study Finds
- Congressionally mandated study says protests to GAO effective
- Researchers unable to calculate Pentagon’s costs from protests
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The Defense Department’s process for buying weapons, goods and services isn’t being overwhelmed or delayed by frivolous contract protests filed by major defense contractors as critics have contended, according to a study mandated by Congress.
Instead, “bid protests are exceedingly uncommon for DoD procurements,” by the Rand Corp.’s federally funded National Defense Research Institute said.