If you receive a protest near the end of the FY, and the award is delayed until the following FY, do you lose the prior year funds originally planned to be used? In other words, does the protest itself shift the bonafide need from one year to the following?
I have not dealt with a lot of protests, but I can't see how you could award a new contract after the FY rolls over, with 1 year money from the prior year.
Drew