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April 01, 2008Govt Contract Protests Are Too TypicalI'm taking a break from convention-blogging tonight. Besides, I'm sure you don't care if my kid starves. So we'll talk contract protests. You've probably heard about the big Air Force tanker contract being awarded recently to the non-Boeing coalition. You might also've heard that Boeing's been formally protesting and arranging for a stink, So what's that you asked? What's best for the Air Force? Who cares? What you're NOT hearing about enough is that this is utterly typical. MOST US gummint contracts big enough to pay for the legal fees are appealed and/or see lawsuits filed by the losers, no matter what kind of case they have. There are huge lawyer and detective industries in DC specializing in losing contract bids. At least one innovative company, Sun Microsystems, was very nervous about selling their products for many years until they were big enough to afford a Federal Systems Division and pay lawyers and lobbyists so they wouldn't be unarmed. I know because my bosses at NIST told me a tale about the difficulties in government labs acquiring Sun's goodies. When I did a startup, my bizplans called for being very cautious about selling to the gummint at first. Posted by Jon Kay at April 1, 2008 11:25 PMComments
Another reason, if one were needed, for the government contractor enthusiasm for no-bid contracts. Posted by: wj at April 2, 2008 10:22 AMI care! He's a cute little nipper. Posted by: Tully at April 2, 2008 01:36 PM |
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