Deputy DOD IG raps lowest price award in Navy oiler contract disaster
The Navy's award of a contract for two Kaiser-class oilers to "a technically and financial marginal contractor" that precipitated a $450 million contracting disaster demonstrates the need for contract officers willing to take the heat for not awarding contracts to low bidders who "cannot meet...
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