G4S Says Border Contract Awardee Inexperienced, Too Risky

U.S. Customs and Border Protection didn’t properly consider the risk in awarding ISS Action Inc. a $277 million blanket purchase order for southwest U.S. border security services, G4S Security Solutions (USA) told an appeals court.

G4S, which has been performing the services for 13 years, said the agency erred in concluding that ISS—a company with no more than $15 million in revenue—has the experience needed to perform, G4S told the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

The agency didn’t address the risk associated with ISS’s “extreme reliance” on a contract team member in examples of past contract performance, ...