FirstNet Benefited From Having to Defend Selection of AT&T, Chair Says
Having to defend its selection process of a team led by AT&T to build its network helped FirstNet, said FirstNet Chair Sue Swenson in remarks to Public Safety Communications Research’s Public Safety Broadband Stakeholder Meeting. In March, the U.S. Court…
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of Federal Claims cleared FirstNet to move forward on picking a company to build its network, rejecting a challenge by Rivada Mercury (see 1703170066). “While it delayed the awarding of the contract by several months, I believe that it was actually quite helpful that we had to go through the protest process,” Swenson said. “The favorable outcome for FirstNet demonstrated the rigor with which FirstNet managed the acquisition process. It also gave FirstNet an opportunity to defend the fairness with which the process was conducted.”