Insights: In the News Kilpatrick Townsend's Larry Prosen Quoted by the Federal Contracts Report re: "If Agencies Can Waive Conflicts of Interest, Why Don’t They?"
Kilpatrick Townsend's Larry Prosen is quoted by the Federal Contracts Report re: "If Agencies Can Waive Conflicts of Interest, Why Don't They?" The article discusses Jacobs Technology Inc.’s $779 million information technology contract award, which recently survived competitors’ protests in part because the U.S. Special Operations Command invoked broad power to waive rules for organizational conflicts of interest, protests of which can upend awards.
Reproduced with permission from Federal Contracts Report 109 FCR (Jan. 24 2018). Copyright 2018 by The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. (800-372-1033) http://www.bna.com.
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