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Intelligence Programs: Inquiry Into Contracting Practices for a Classified Program

NSIAD-94-109 Published: Feb 28, 1994. Publicly Released: Mar 11, 1994.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed an Air Force prime contractor's subcontract award for an electronic warfare component subsystem, focusing on a small disadvantaged business's (SDB) allegations that the prime contractor: (1) negotiated a lower bid price with a competitor but did not allow it to lower its bid; (2) used weighting factors in its bid evaluation process that discriminated against it; (3) earmarked the subcontract for a competitor; and (4) did not apply a SDB preference during its bid evaluation.

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Air Force procurementBid evaluationContract negotiationsElectronic warfareEvaluation criteriaMinority businessesSmall business contractorsSubcontract award protestsSource selectionPrime contractors