DRS Network Keeps Army’s $157 Million Mortar Fire Control Award

DRS Network & Imaging Systems LLC can move forward with a $157 million contract to provide the US Army Material Command with fire control systems for mortars and fielding activity, the GAO said in a decision released Monday.

Protester Miltope Corp., which submitted a $121 million offer, failed to show that the Army’s best-value tradeoff analysis was flawed, the Government Accountability Office said.

An agency has considerable discretion to select a higher-rated offeror for a higher price when a solicitation emphasizes the importance of non-price factors, the GAO said.

And the Army’s source selection authority was aware of the bidders’ ...