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Infrastructure Defense Technologies is a developer, manufacturer, and marketer of physical security products.

We have designed barriers engineered to withstand assault by kinetic energy projectiles such as bullets, rocket propelled grenades (RPGs), mortars, and shrapnel and blast waves from explosive devices.

Our Metalith™ product line provides the highest level of protection compared to other available expeditionary earth filled protective barriers.

Recently, the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) awarded a $100,000,000 per year bid for expeditionary earth filled protective barriers to a non-U.S. manufacturer. We have asked the Government Accounting Office (GAO) to investigate after this outrageous decision.

Our troops should be provided with the best, most cost effective, barriers available, and the U.S. government should make efforts to keep jobs in America!

This bid had initially been awarded to Hesco in 2009 and the award was protested for a number of issues both legal and technical.

The award was dismissed and Hesco and Infrastructure Defense Technologies were asked to rebid. This award was made during the 2nd week of April 2010 and Hesco was given a 100% contract. The award was challenged via the Government Accounting Office (the GAO) and the bid was allowed to stand. Our troops get an inferior product to protect them that ultimately costs much more and desperately needed U.S. jobs are provided to the U.K. at taxpayer's expense! Read the final chapter here.

Chicago's CBS affiliate WBBM has begun an investigation in to the award trying to understand why product that protects troops better, is cheaper over the life of the product, and would result in the creation of hundreds of U.S. jobs has been awarded to a British firm. Click here to read investigative reporter Dave Savini's initial thoughts.

Infrastructure Defense Technologies is now challenging that award and has placed a notice announcing its Bid Protest with the Government Accountability Office (GAO), to try to reverse the Defense Logistics Agency’s (DLA) award of a U.S. government contract for critical military force protection to a foreign company. Click here to view the actual bid protest documents as they have been filed containing all pertinent facts.

The documents that follow all contain either endorsements for the Metalith product or contain news articles about the bid and award process including the impact the award could have on Rockford-Belvidere, Illinois job creation rather than provide jobs in the United Kingdom. The link on the bottom of the page for the Rockford Register Star contains a number of locally covered news articles.

IDT ownership was interviewed by Rockford’s CBS affiliate TV station, WIFR, on April 21st, 2010 concerning the DLA bid award and their protest. Click here to view this video segment.

A follow-up report to the story was carried by Rockford’s WIFR television station, a CBS affiliate, of October 25, 2009. Click here to view their segment on the IDT bid story.

The story was carried by Rockford’s WIFR television station, a CBS affiliate, of September 9, 2009. Click here to view their segment on the IDT bid story.

Please read the open letter IDT wrote to President Obama and other congressional and senate leaders and the full page press release published in the Washington Times.

Senator Dick Durbin, Congressman Donald Manzullo, and Illinois Governor Pat Quinn wrote letters in support of the IDT bid. Click here to read Senator Durbin's letter, Congressman Manzullo's letter, and Governor Quinn's letter.

Both the House of Representatives of the General Assembly of the State of Illinois and the Belvidere City Council passed a unanimous resolution supporting IDT's efforts to contest this award to better defend and support the men and women of our armed forces. Click here to view the Illinois General Assembly resolution. Click here to view the Belvidere City Council resolution.

Michael Carrigan, President of the Illinois AFL-CIO send a letter to the Defense Logistics Agency on behalf of its membership stressing the importance of creating jobs and the "Buy American" clause in the bid solicitation. Click here to read the AFL-CIO letter.

Additionally, Thomas J. Gibson, president and CEO of the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI), wrote to the Defense Logistics Agency on behalf of several member U.S. steel companies who are members of the American Iron and Steel Institute and one of their customers, Infrastructure Defense Technologies (IDT). Click here to view the AISI letter.

Kevin A. Lynch of the National Industries for the Blind (NIB) sent a letter to Ashton B. Carter at the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense expressing his desire tor IDT to be awarded the contract as his organization would generate news jobs as a subcontractor. Click here to read the National Industries for the Blind (NIB) letter.

The Washington Times press release was also submitted to the following list of newspapers and as articles appear in those papers, you can click directly on their name to read the article.

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Baltimore Sun
Boston Globe
Chicago Sun Times
Chicago Tribune
Cleveland Plain Dealer
CNN
Dallas Morning Star
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Houston Chronicle
Los Angeles Times
Miami Herald
Minnesota Star Tribune
New York Daily News
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Pittsburgh Gazette
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Rockford Register Star
San Francisco Chronicle
United Press International
USA Today
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We have asked the Government Accounting Office (GAO) to investigate after this outrageous decision. Our troops should be provided with the best, most cost effective, barriers available, and the U.S. government should make efforts to keep jobs in America! This bid had initially been awarded to Hesco in 2009 and the award was protested for a number of issues both legal and technical. The award was dismissed and Hesco and Infrastructure Defense Technologies were asked to rebid. This award was made during the 2nd week of April 2010 and Hesco was given a 100% contract. The award was challenged via the Government Accounting Office (the GAO) and the bid was allowed to stand. Our troops get an inferior product to protect them that ultimately costs much more and desperately needed U.S. jobs are provided to the U.K. at taxpayer's expense! Read the final chapter here. Chicago's CBS affiliate WBBM has begun an investigation in to the award trying to understand why product that protects troops better, is cheaper over the life of the product, and would result in the creation of hundreds of U.S. jobs has been awarded to a British firm. Click here to read investigative reporter Dave Savini's initial thoughts. Infrastructure Defense Technologies is now challenging that award and has placed a notice announcing its Bid Protest with the Government Accountability Office (GAO), to try to reverse the Defense Logistics Agency’s (DLA) award of a U.S. government contract for critical military force protection to a foreign company. Click here to view the actual bid protest documents as they have been filed containing all pertinent facts. The documents that follow all contain either endorsements for the Metalith product or contain news articles about the bid and award process including the impact the award could have on Rockford-Belvidere, Illinois job creation rather than provide jobs in the United Kingdom. The link on the bottom of the page for the Rockford Register Star contains a number of locally covered news articles. IDT ownership was interviewed by Rockford’s CBS affiliate TV station, WIFR, on April 21st, 2010 concerning the DLA bid award and their protest. Click here to view this video segment. A follow-up report to the story was carried by Rockford’s WIFR television station, a CBS affiliate, of October 25, 2009. Click here to view their segment on the IDT bid story. The story was carried by Rockford’s WIFR television station, a CBS affiliate, of September 9, 2009. Click here to view their segment on the IDT bid story. Please read the open letter IDT wrote to President Obama and other congressional and senate leaders and the full page press release published in the Washington Times. Senator Dick Durbin, Congressman Donald Manzullo, and Illinois Governor Pat Quinn wrote letters in support of the IDT bid. Click here to read Senator Durbin's letter, Congressman Manzullo's letter, and Governor Quinn's letter. Both the House of Representatives of the General Assembly of the State of Illinois and the Belvidere City Council passed a unanimous resolution supporting IDT's efforts to contest this award to better defend and support the men and women of our armed forces. Click here to view the Illinois General Assembly resolution. Click here to view the Belvidere City Council resolution. Michael Carrigan, President of the Illinois AFL-CIO send a letter to the Defense Logistics Agency on behalf of its membership stressing the importance of creating jobs and the "Buy American" clause in the bid solicitation. Click here to read the AFL-CIO letter. Additionally, Thomas J. Gibson, president and CEO of the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI), wrote to the Defense Logistics Agency on behalf of several member U.S. steel companies who are members of the American Iron and Steel Institute and one of their customers, Infrastructure Defense Technologies (IDT). Click here to view the AISI letter. Kevin A. Lynch of the National Industries for the Blind (NIB) sent a letter to Ashton B. Carter at the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense expressing his desire tor IDT to be awarded the contract as his organization would generate news jobs as a subcontractor. Click here to read the National Industries for the Blind (NIB) letter. The Washington Times press release was also submitted to the following list of newspapers and as articles appear in those papers, you can click directly on their name to read the article. Associated Press Baltimore Sun Boston Globe Chicago Sun Times Chicago Tribune Cleveland Plain Dealer CNN Dallas Morning Star Denver Post Fox News Houston Chronicle Los Angeles Times Miami Herald Minnesota Star Tribune New York Daily News New York Post - Washington Bureau of the New York Post New York Times Philadelphia Inquirer Pittsburgh Gazette Reuters News Rockford Register Star San Francisco Chronicle United Press International USA Today Wall Street Journal Washington Post
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