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July 16, 2013 By AMK

Bid protest process cost effective way to promote private sector confidence, says Gordon

The benefits of bid protests outweigh costs because protests provide a  low-cost way for disgruntled participants to air their complaints, former Office  of Federal Procurement Policy Administrator Daniel Gordon says in a paper to be published this year in the Public Law Contract Journal.

But the government shouldn’t investigate procurements unless they are  protested, the Gordon, who is currently a George Washington University Law  School professor, says.

“In blunt terms, if no one is dissatisfied with the way the government  conducted a procurement, then it may not be a wise use of auditors’ time to  investigate it,” Gordon writes in the paper.

It’s the bid protest process that gives companies confidence in the integrity of  the federal government’s procurement process, the paper says.

Keep reading this article at: http://www.fiercegovernment.com/story/bid-protest-process-cost-effective-way-promote-bidder-confidence-says-gordo/2013-06-20

Downlo0ad pre-publication copy or Gordon’s paper at: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Delivery.cfm/SSRN_ID2228748_code810317.pdf?abstractid=2228748&mirid=1

Filed Under: Government Contracting News Tagged With: audit, bid protest, competitive bid, federal contracting, OFPP

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