The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit narrowly interprets the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act’s bar on task order protests at the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, expanding the court’s bid protest...more
The U.S. Court of Federal Claims issues another decision highlighting a growing divergence in case law between the Court and the Government Accountability Office.
COFC rejects GAO precedent for determining whether...more
A Court of Federal Claims decision holds that offerors do not have a duty to inform agency of changes to key personnel availability after submission of proposal.
- The decision departs from well-settled GAO precedent.
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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit confirms that a protester seeking to avail itself of the statutory “automatic stay” of performance in connection with a GAO bid protest must file that protest within five days...more
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In a recent decision, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims (COFC) addressed the timeliness rules for enhanced debriefing situations.
The clock for purposes of obtaining an automatic stay and timeliness may start after the...more
President Donald Trump signed the Fiscal Year 2019 National Defense Authorization Act, which authorizes a top-line budget of $717 billion and includes significant provisions for government contractors.
DoD is required to...more
The FY 2019 NDAA requires DoD study multiple protest filings, and develop a plan for an expedited protest process for small contracts.
Congress is concerned about the delays caused by bid protests that have been filed at...more
A Congressionally mandated research study demonstrates that bid protests filed against Department of Defense (DoD) procurements do not unduly delay these acquisitions and are not frivolous.
More than 99.7% of DoD contracts...more