GAO Denies General Dynamics' Amphibious Combat Vehicle Protest,
By: Jen Judson, March 15, 2016 (Photo Credit: Mike Morones/Staff)
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — The Government Accountability Office has denied General Dynamics Land Systems' protest of the Marine Corps’ decision to award contracts to both BAE Systems and SAIC to build prototype Amphibious Combat Vehicles.
GDLS decided to file a protest in December after contracts were awarded in November. GDLS took issue with the Marines' evaluation of SAIC’s higher-rated, higher-priced proposal over its lower-rated, lower-priced proposal, according to GAO.
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Lockheed Martin and Michigan-based Advanced Defense Vehicle Systems were also in the running to build the ACV.
The total value of the contract with all options exercised is about $1.2 billion. BAE’s contract is for $103.8 million, while SAIC’s【星州在美國的夥伴公司,日後部分在當地做】 is for $121.5 million. Each company will build 16 eight-wheeled vehicles to be tested over the next two years to replace the Marine Corps’ Vietnam-era amphibious assault vehicle. The service will then pick a winner in 2018 to deliver 204 vehicles by 2020.