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October 17, 2017 By AMK

GAO denies Equifax bid protest on IRS contract

The Government Accountability Office Monday denied a bid protest embattled consumer credit reporting company Equifax filed with the IRS in July after it lost a taxpayer identification and verification services contract to Experian Information Solutions.  

GAO’s decision allows the IRS to begin in earnest working with Experian on a one-year contract worth up to $795,000.

Last week, the IRS told lawmakers the pending protest was the reason it awarded Equifax a $7 million sole-source contract on Sept. 29 to continue providing critical services. The IRS quickly suspended the contract after lawmakers questioned why the agency would award such an important contract to a company that exposed the records of 145 million Americans in the fall.

Keep reading this article at: http://www.nextgov.com/cio-briefing/2017/10/gao-denies-equifax-bid-protest-irs-contract/141807/

Filed Under: Government Contracting News Tagged With: bid protest, GAO, IRS, protest

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