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title: "Bid Protests: A Buy American Enforcement Tool, at Least Sometimes"
date: 2023-06-27T00:00:00-04:00
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# Bid Protests: A Buy American Enforcement Tool, at Least Sometimes

  June 27, 2023

Pratt’s Government Contracting Law Report

 

 

 

 

 

 

In this article that appears in *Pratt’s Government Contracting Law Report*, David Hickey, [Dustin Painter](https://www.kelleydrye.com/Our-People/Dustin-J-Painter) and Ken Kanzawa explain that although the bid protest process may not be the Buy American Act’s primary enforcement mechanism, companies should keep in mind that non-compliance remains an issue to be considered in protesting and defending awards.  
   
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