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In recent years, the Department of Defense (DoD) has shown a
keen interest in procuring certain prototype, research, and
production requirements using the Other Transaction Authority (OTA)
at 10 U.S.C. § 2371b. The advantage of OTAs is that they are
highly flexible, meaning they can usually avoid the burden of
complex government regulatory requirements included in the Federal
Acquisition Regulations (FAR) and its agency-specific supplements.
As the use of OTAs increases across the DoD, federal contractors
and businesses exploring federal opportunities need to understand
The Government Accountability Office (GAO), in Spartan Medical, Inc., B-419503, recently clarified the scope of its jurisdiction over bid protests involving an agency’s use of its other.