Law360, New York ( June 10, 2016, 11:48 AM EDT) -- By now, most government contractors and government contracts attorneys are aware that both the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) and the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) have proposed, as part of the Fiscal Year 2017 National Defense Authorization Act, drastic changes to and important measures pertaining to the bid protest process. While the HASC's and the SASC's proposals may be well intended, as discussed below, the proposals are based on misperceptions and overblown concerns about the prevalence of "frivolous" protests and prolonged procurement delays. Moreover, as discussed below, the HASC's and the SASC's proposals strongly suggest that the essential benefits of the bid protest process still are not fully appreciated....
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