Trax Loses Protest Alleging Competitor’s Unfair Access to Bid

TRAX International Corp. lost its protest alleging that rival bidder Engineering Research and Consulting Inc. unfairly won a $641 million contract for support services at the US Army’s test center at Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland, the GAO said in a decision released Wednesday.

The procurement has been subject to multiple protests, and the Army is currently reevaluating bidders’ professional compensation plans before making a new award decision, the Government Accountability Office said.

According to the GAO, TRAX and Oasis Systems LLC entered into a non-disclosure agreement in May 2019, and then a teaming agreement in April 2020 in order ...