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Lockheed Martin Sues Pentagon Over $6.7 Billion Combat Vehicle Contract

“After careful consideration of all options, Lockheed Martin chose to file a complaint with the Court of Federal Claims concerning our Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) contract award process”, the company said in an e-mailed statement. The GAO dismissed Lockheed Martin’s protest Wednesday based on Lockheed Martin’s notice that it intends to file a protest in the US Court of Federal Claims. “Our office will not decide a protest where the matter involved is subject of litigation before a court of competent jurisdiction”, the GAO wrote in its decision.

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No comment was immediately available from the Army, which lifted a stop-work order earlier this week after the Government Accountability Office dismissed a protest filed against the contract by Lockheed.

Under the contract, $107.8 million is obligated to Lockheed Martin with a total value not to exceed $215.7 million.

“We are hopeful that this latest protest filing will not be permitted to further delay the JLTV program and delivery of these vehicles to provide greater protection for our troops in future missions”, an Oshkosh spokeswoman said.

The GAO said Lockheed could have filed a second protest with the watchdog agency, rather than going to court.

“Recently, we were made aware of a substantial number of documents directly related to the competition that were not provided to the GAO or Lockheed Martin until very late in the protest process”, Lockheed Martin said in a statement on December 15.

As part of the decision, the US Army’s Tank-automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM) Life Cycle Management Command (LCMC) has allowed Oshkosh to resume work on the JLTV production contract.

In response to Lockheed Martin’s federal lawsuit, GAO spokesman Charles Young said the federal agency allowed the government’s bid protest statutes concerning the “new information” that the U.S. Army brought forward.

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