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GAO Releases Bid Protest Decision To Boeing’s B-21 Award Challenge

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GAO Releases Bid Protest Decision To Boeing’s B-21 Award Challenge
Artist's rendering of the Air Force's Long Range Strike Bomber, designated B-21. Northrop Grumman, the prime contractor for the program, doesn't mention the B-21 in its earnings releases because it is classified. The company said classified manned aircraft contributed to higher sales in 2019 and will do so again in 2020. Image: Air Force.

In its unsuccessful bid protest of the Air Force’s B-21 award to Northrop Grumman [NOC], Boeing [BA] argued the service failed to give proper effect to the solicitation’s technical acceptability, according to a redacted bid protest decision released Tuesday.The Government Accountability Office (GAO) in February denied Boeing’s argument to the solicitation’s technical acceptability, saying the Air Force’s evaluation of Northrop Grumman’s proposal under the technical capability factor was reasonable and consistent with the request for proposals (RFP). GAO said the…

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