2021-07-03 // day precision
The protest, reevaluation, and award cycle
Posted by Dan Cary
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Editorial interpretation
The Office finger-gun standoff illustrates a repetitive cycle of protests, reevaluations, and awards to different contractors. The caption describes a hypothetical contracting frustration rather than an identified procurement.
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Topics: Early Years, July 2021, bid-protests, source-selection, acquisition-process, early-years