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RCR Wireless News, March, 2005
Byline: JEFFREY SILVA The Government Accountability Office said Lucent Technologies Inc. attempted to bid on a $50 million Iraqi wireless contract based on a proposal it helped write and said an Army contracting officer suggested Lucent may have tried to steer the nationwide first-responder radio contract to Motorola Inc.
Lucent's involvement in the procurement was outlined in a redacted GAO decision in which the government watchdog agency affirmed a prior Army finding that Lucent's conflict of interest disqualified it from competing for the Iraqi first-responder radio contract. The Army awarded the contract to U.K.-based Sepura Ltd. last November. "In our view, even the appearance of an unfair competitive advantage may compromise the integrity...
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