Well, Frak! About that LRS-B Protest...the waters are muddied.

It seems the LRS-B protest might get some extra hullabulloo.

Richard Lombardi, a top Blue Beanie acquisition official, failed to disclose his wife had a retirement account with Northrop. He was NOT involved with the LRS-B decision, but it is going to cast a pall on the decision now. More so than had his wife had a Lockheed account. He apparently voluntarily came forward with the information and was moved to a nonacqusition job elsewhere in the Air Force.

Even so, I couldn't help but groan at this. Just what the protest needed. Something to muddy the waters.

link.

a reply to: anzha

Well say goodbye to seeing it next month!

a reply to: anzha

They'll overturn to be safe. They're trying hard to downplay it but the Air Force can't afford this, especially now.

a reply to: Zaphod58

Can you clarify on what you mean by overturn? Do you mean re-compete?

a reply to: TAGBOARD

Yep. That's the only way to remove any possible controversy from it.

a reply to: Zaphod58

Ugh. If it happens, what are your thoughts on time to final decision - again?

a reply to: Zaphod58

They should be firing him. That was a MAJOR frak up that just cost millions of dollars.

originally posted by: Zaphod58
a reply to: anzha

They'll overturn to be safe. They're trying hard to downplay it but the Air Force can't afford this, especially now.

although it is the path of least resistance for the USAF that would surprise me..it really would.

a reply to: TAGBOARD

It'll be quick. The bids will be the same and they have everything already.

a reply to: howmuch4another

At this point it's not up to them unless they decide to tell the GAO they are. It's up to the GAO to decide if they are or not.

a reply to: Zaphod58

16th for the date for the GAO deadline, right?

a reply to: anzha

Yeah, that marks 100 days.

So...it's more of a dog and pony show, jumping through the hoops and motions to say:

"Look, we let people re-compete all over again. yeah yeah...okay whatever moving on.."

Sort of a CYA thing I take it?

a reply to: Zaphod58

Its past noon on the east coast...any word?

a reply to: anzha

protest denied

The GAO denied the protest despite the revelation last week that a top Air Force acquisition official had failed to report a Northrop retirement account held by his spouse in his annual public financial disclosure form. The timing of the news raised questions about implications to the protest decision, but the Air Force maintained that the official, Richard Lombardi, was not involved in the LRS-B source-selection process and was not the service acquisition executive at the time. The Air Force reassigned Lombardi to duties outside the acquisition portfolio and referred the issue to the Inspector General

www.defensenews.com...

a reply to: howmuch4another

opened up another thread about 30 seconds after I posted that...the news came out just as I was asking.

a reply to: anzha