U.S. Army agrees to reevaluate military truck bids
U.S. Rep. Michael McCaul says the U.S. Army has agreed to reevaluate bids to build military vehicles, a contract with implications on thousands of jobs.
McCaul met Wednesday with Dean Popps, Acting Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology.
It was the first contact with the Army following Monday’s ruling by the Government Accountability Office that the Army’s process for reviewing bids to build military vehicles was flawed and that the bids should be re-evaluated.
The Army awarded a $2 billion bid to Oskosh, based in Wisconsin. BAE Systems has manufactured the vehicles at a plant in Sealy for 17 years.
BAE and Navistar Defense filed protests about the review process, and those were upheld by the GAO, which recommended that the Army "reevaluate the offerors’ proposals under the capability evaluation factor, in a manner consistent with the terms of the solicitation."
"The Army told me they will follow the GAO’s recommendations and they will take as much time as necessary to make the right decision," said McCaul, a Republican whose district includes Sealy.