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Border Wall Builder Loses Protest Over Contract Price Difference

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Mary B. Powers
March 1, 2021
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Fisher Sand & Gravel claim on 2020 Laredo, Tex. barrier award to Kiewit unit is nixed by GAO
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GAO Rejects Bechtel Team Protest of $10B DOE Contract to Ex-AECOM Group

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Debra K. Rubin
May 14, 2020
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Ten-year Hanford site final award to new spinoff Amentum comes as DOE on May 14 said that much-watched $13B cleanup at site will go to BWXT-Fluor team. Analyst predicts a Jacobs bid protest.
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Halted MOX Plant Prompts Project Management Scrutiny

GAO report cites MOX plutonium project shortfalls in sharing PM lessons learned
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Mary B. Powers
January 9, 2019
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Federal auditors say U.S. Energy Dept. PM inexperience led to the estimated final cost of the Mixed Oxide Fuel facility in South Carolina rising to $17.2 billion from its original $4.8-billion estimate, and its planned finish pushed out 32 years.
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State Dept. Embassy Program Trails 2005 Goal, GAO Says

State says it will implement all of GAO's recommendations to address issues
Tom Ichniowski
Tom Ichniowski
October 31, 2018
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Report says that since 2005, State completed 77 projects through FY 17 but had aimed to finish about 140.


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Multiple Bid Protest Revamps Set to Take Effect May 1

April 25, 2018
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Mandatory electronic filing system is the biggest change.


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More Struggles Are Ahead for VA Medical Construction

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Mary B. Powers
May 17, 2017
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In the aftermath of a poorly executed Colorado veterans’ hospital project that tripled in cost from $604 million to $1.7 billion and slipped from a 2013 opening to early 2018, the U.S. Government Accountability Office has taken a critical look at U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs facility planning and project delivery in two recent reports.


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GAO Upholds Highest Rate of Bid Protests in Past Few Years

Agency overruled U.S. contract and task-order decisions in 23% of fiscal 2016 cases, up from 12% the year before.
December 20, 2016
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Agency overruled federal contract and task-order decisions in 23% of cases, up from 12% the year before and the highest since 2007.
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