Thornberry: Protesting Pentagon contract awards could come with a price

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The Pentagon’s process to protest contract awards could be revised to include extra costs during next week’s all-night debate on the defense policy bill, according to Rep. Mac Thornberry, R-Texas.

Protests of contract awards have become the norm, especially in major contracts in which a lot of money is at stake. In addition to costing the government money to evaluate these protests, they also slow down the start of a new program.

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