Federal Bid Protests: Is the Tail Wagging the Dog?
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Authors
Hawkins, Timothy G.
Yoder, Cory
Gravier, Michael J.
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Date of Issue
2016
Date
Summer 2016
Publisher
PrAcademics Press
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Abstract
The fear of receiving a bid protest is said to affect acquisition
strategies, yet it has not been empirically explored. Based on the Public
Value Framework and interviews with contracting personnel, this research
tests a model of antecedents to and consequences of the fear of a protest.
Survey data was obtained from a sample of 350 contracting personnel. The
fear of protest is mitigated by having sufficient procurement lead time and
by source selection experience, and increased by protest risk. Fear of
protest increases compromised technical evaluations, added procurement
lead time, and transaction costs, while it decreases contracting officer
authority and is associated with source selection method inappropriateness.
Compromised technical evaluations, in turn, decrease contractor
performance while contracting officer authority increases contractor
performance. Thus, findings suggest that, indeed, the tail is wagging the
dog. The research concludes with several managerial implications, study
limitations and future research directions.
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Article
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Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
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40 p.
Citation
JOURNAL OF PUBLIC PROCUREMENT, VOLUME 16, ISSUE 2, 152-190
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.