ITT Exelis Protests FAA's Data Comm Contract Award

An unsuccessful bidder for the FAA’s $332 million Data Comm Integrated Services (DCIS) acquisition is protesting the contract award made to Harris last September. ITT Exelis filed a protest on November 15 with the FAA’s Office of Dispute Resolution for Acquisition (ODRA), alleging the agency improperly evaluated its proposal. Harris, ITT Exelis and Lockheed Martin competed for the DCIS contract to provide an ATC data communications network between pilots and controllers.