Navy won't re-open NGJ-LB competition despite GAO recommendation

摘要

The Government Accountability Office has sustained another protest Northrop Grumman filed against the Navy's decision to award L3Harris Technologies a contract for the Next Generation Jammer-Low Band Capability Block 1. In an Aug. 18 decision released publicly Thursday, GAO sustained Northrop's allegation that the agency misevaluated L3Harris's proposal when the Navy rated it as acceptable despite the fact L3Harris did not demonstrate compliance with a material solicitation requirement. GAO recommended the Navy "re-open discussions and request revised proposals; evaluate proposals consistent with the evaluation criteria; and make a new source selection decision." The Navy said in a statement that the service believes "it adhered to all required processes and procedures associated with awarding a competitively negotiated contract and applied the evaluation methodology fairly and consistently to all proposals." "For this reason, the agency will not implement GAO's second recommendation to re-open discussions and allow the offerers to resubmit proposals," the Navy said.