Sierra Nevada Corporation protest halts NASA contract awards
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.028302
BBC : On 16 September, NASA announced that it had selected Boeing and SpaceX to receive contracts for the development of manned space capsules. One of the companies that did not receive a contract, Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC), has now filed a protest that will delay the awarding of the contract money to both Boeing and SpaceX. The basis of SNC’s protest is that its proposal was $900 million less expensive than Boeing’s. The company cited “serious questions and inconsistencies in the source selection process” and requests another review of the proposals. NASA has 30 days to respond to the protest, and the Government Accountability Office is expected to rule on the protest in January 2015.
