GAO Bid Protests : Trends, Analysis, and Options for Congress.

Reviews background on Federal bid protest function, to ensure full and open competition. Examines recent trends in GAO bid protest process, highlighting number of GAO bid protests filed and sustained, impact on contracts, and DOD contracts and bid protests; in light of recent Congressional concern d...

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Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2009.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Appellate procedure. Defense contracts. Public contracts. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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Summary:	Reviews background on Federal bid protest function, to ensure full and open competition. Examines recent trends in GAO bid protest process, highlighting number of GAO bid protests filed and sustained, impact on contracts, and DOD contracts and bid protests; in light of recent Congressional concern due to protests of high-profile awards and reports that the number of protests is increasing. Includes tables and graphs.
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.