The Census Bureau made several key slipups in its decision to award a $283 million mobile device contract for the 2020 population count, according to the Government Accountability Office.
In a detailed account of its bid protest decision, GAO said that the bureau’s conduct of discussions was improper and unequal, the bureau did not adequately document its decision and the ultimate award was possibly biased.
Census selected CDW-G over AT&T as the mobile device provider for its key decennial device-as-a-service contract, which would provide canvassers with mobile devices and related services to conduct the enumeration for the 2020 census.
