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Bid Protest; Government Accountability Office; GAO; Section 813; FY2017 NDAA; Inserso; B-417791; November 4

When the FY2017 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) was enacted, the prohibition in Section 813(c) against the use of lowest price technically acceptable (LPTA) source selection criteria seemed fairly cut and dry. As time passes and procuring agencies adopt new evaluation schemes, however, the parameters of the prohibition are being tested. The recent Government Accountability