Maybe Boeing should send candy.
Reversing Air Force tanker deal comes down to one GAO official(Seattle P-I) WASHINGTON -- The Boeing Co.'s push to overturn the Air Force decision awarding a Northrop Grumman/EADS consortium the lucrative aerial tanker contract rests on convincing Guy Pietrovito.
Pietrovito, 54, a deputy assistant general counsel at the Government Accountability Office, is responsible for weighing Boeing's appeal of the Air Force tanker award.
The GAO -- which has approximately 30 attorneys working on contractor protests -- typically assigns one attorney for each case. The GAO's protest docket lists Pietrovito as the lead attorney on the Boeing appeal.
The Air Force in February rejected Boeing's bid to build the new midair refueling tankers and instead chose a team of Airbus parent European Aeronautic Defense and Space Co. and Los Angeles-based Northrop Grumman. The initial program is valued at around $35 billion but could grow to $100 billion if the Air Force places additional orders.
The GAO is scheduled to render its verdict in the tanker case by mid-June.
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