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    • Government Accountability Office Rules for Boeing, but Now What? [view article]
      The GAO summary appears to mean that the actual GAO opinion is an indictment of the how the procurement was handled. A minor revision and recompetition will not be appropriate if the actual 67 page GAO decision is anywhere near as strong as the GAO summary. The strength of this opinion is all the more remarkable when contrasted with the high level AF statements at the time of the award that NOC had won the competition decisively. The AF should issue a new solicitation and the Source Selection participants, including the Source Selection Authority, should be untainted (i.e. new). It appears that nothing short of a complete new competition will suffice to ensure the absolute neutrality of the evaluators and decision-maker. The AF and Congress (collectively, not just Senator McCain) need to determine how the issue of foreingn subsidies will be handled and it needs to be stated in the RFP. The AF should clearly state its requirements anew and then apply the evaluation criteria to each competitor's proposal equally. It is not that difficult to do. Keep it simple, perform the evaluations and conduct the source selection fairly, and make an unbiased decision. Jun 19 08:35 PM
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