CohnReznick Says C-Band Clearinghouse Protest Threatens Entire Move
"A lone aggrieved bidder" for the C-band relocation payment clearinghouse job threatens the timing of the entire switchover and created uncertainty for the auction just so it can have another shot, CohnReznick said in an FCC docket 18-122 posting Monday…
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responding to Vertix Consulting's protest (see 2008190045). CohnReznick said it meets all selection criteria, and its independence plan and code of conduct will address Boeing's concerns. "To in effect allow such a 'do-over' is absurd on its face," CohnReznick said. Vertix, which has been lobbying the eighth floor (see 2008270052), recapped a call with an aide to Commissioner Geoffrey Starks. It expanded Monday on its critique of the CohnReznick plan, saying clearinghouses are by definition maintained by banks, and lack of a financial institution on the team "is fatal."