An analysis of protests of contracts awarded using the best value trade-off process from January 1998 through December 1999

摘要

The purpose of this thesis is to analyze protests of contract awards brought before the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office from January 1998 through December 1999 as a means to identify areas of possible improvement among Federal contracting agencies. Specific emphasis is on the underlying causes of protest sustainment. This thesis distills eight sustaining elements from the GAO findings. Finally, this thesis offers recommendations to Federal contracting agencies in an effort to help mitigate the risk of a sustainable contract award protest.