IRS Must Explain Iron Mountain’s $142 Million Scanning Award

The Internal Revenue Service has one month to explain why it awarded Iron Mountain Information Management LLC a $142 million scanning services task order without allowing other companies to compete for it, a federal court said.

The IRS cited President Donald Trump’s March 25 executive order aimed at eliminating the Treasury Department’s issuance of paper checks and transitioning to digital payments for federal disbursements, including tax refunds. But the agency didn’t explain how the executive order created an “urgent and compelling” need to forgo competition for this award, Judge Eleni M. Roumel of the US Court of Federal Claims said ...