When an offeror in an Air Force source selection believes that the Air Force has made an error that is large enough to change the outcome of the source selection, the offeror can file a protest with the Office of General Counsel of the GAO. Following a review, if GAO agrees that a significant error has occurred, it can suggest how the Air Force should correct the error. GAO cannot ...
This technical report presents the findings of analyses of data on U.S. Air Force acquisition protests submitted to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) over the preceding two decades. It is part of a larger study of the Air Force's recent experience with bid protests that performed case study analyses of recent successful, high-profile bid protests and identified various lessons learned. RAND Project AIR FORCE (PAF) undertook this effort at the ...
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