Terry O’Connor: Disconnect exists over task order protests

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Terry O’Connor: Disconnect exists over task order protests

Companies can no longer protest civilian agency task orders, which is an odd situation given that Congress retained the ability of defense contractors to protes...

Tom Temin@tteminWFED

October 27, 2016 9:49 am

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Terry O'Connor, director of government contracts, Berenzweig Leonard

Companies can no longer protest civilian agency task orders, which is an odd situation given that Congress retained the ability of defense contractors to protest to the Government Accountability Office task orders larger than $10 million. The House would restore things, the Senate would not. Terry O'Connor, director of government contracts at the law firm Berenzweig Leonard, joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin to explain what contractors can do.