Elements That Lead To Government Bid Protest And Whether Uncertainty In The Procurement Environment Is A Contributing Factor
Abstract
The project focuses on the procurement elements that lead to Government Accountability Office (GAO) protests of Navy contract actions. The project provides quantitative analysis and defines variables, which correlate with protests received at GAO against Navy procurements. The research accounts for elements tied to uncertainty in the procurement environment, including contract type, service type acquisitions, solicitation changes, and tradeoff source selection procedures. The study focuses on fiscal year 2019, the most recent complete year of procurement data. The project utilizes a logistic regression model as the analytic strategy. The project includes descriptive statistics on independent and dependent variables, as appropriate, to show protest outcomes from competed contract actions within fiscal year 2019. The findings of this study identified procurement elements that lead to protest within the Navy, which align with similar research conducted across Department of Defense procurements. The publicly available data of Navy contract procurement elements limits the ability to fully capture a complete set of predictors that lead to GAO protests. However, newly established reporting requirements within the Navy should allow for better data sets and lead to extensions of this research.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 2020
- Accession Number
- AD1114651
Entities
People
- Jeffrey A. Brescini
- Nick J. Giacalone
Organizations
- Naval Postgraduate School