Trax Wins Protest of $641 Million Army Testing Support Contract

TRAX International Corp. won its protest of Engineering Research and Consulting Inc.'s nearly $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 Monday.

The Army should request and evaluate revised bids, perform a new best-value tradeoff analysis, and terminate Engineering Research’s award for convenience of the government if another offeror is selected, the Government Accountability Office said.

TRAX showed that Engineering Research failed to provide the Army with a proper disclosure statement to describe cost accounting practices and procedures, which is required by the ...