Summary: When the Defense Department buys high dollar items under negotiated procurement rules, its supposed to negotiate. But the Army awarded a major contract without talking to any of five bidders. GAO dismissed a protest. So the company went to court. There it got interesting. The Federal Drive got details from Smith Pachter McWhorter procurement attorney Joe Petrillo. He talked with Tom Temin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
