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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Bid Protest Hub – January 2024

In January 2024, the Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) published 31 bid protest decisions, two of which resulted in decisions sustaining the protesters’ challenges. There were also two requests for costs, one of which...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

What Makes a Successful Protest at the Court of Federal Claims

In a previous article, we analyzed what made protests successful at the Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) in Fiscal Year 2023 (“FY23”). Now, we want to share some insights we gained while conducting the same analysis...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Bid Protests in Virginia

Bradley has been publishing an ongoing survey of state-level bid protest processes and procedures (see, e.g., our post on “Bid Protests in New York” and our “Update on Bid Protests in Alabama”). For the next state in this...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Bid Protest Minute: Recent Decision Imparts Lessons on Timeliness of Solicitation Challenges and Prejudice

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On November 21, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) denied an unsuccessful bidder’s protest, arguing that the terms of a solicitation were biased and that the awardee failed to comply with a mandatory solicitation...more

Stinson - Government Contracting Matters

How Soon Is Soon Enough for Corrective Action to Preclude Recovery of Protest Costs?

Contractors whose protests result in the challenged agency’s taking corrective action may attempt to recover their protest costs, particularly when they feel that the corrective action was unduly delayed....more

Stinson - Government Contracting Matters

Hope Is Not a Strategy: Protest Shortcomings of Corrective Action as Soon as You See Them

When an agency announces its intent to take corrective action in response to a protest, it’s easy for the protester to feel that it has “won”—and to some extent it has. At the very least, its protest has prompted the agency...more

Stinson - Government Contracting Matters

GAO Considers Reconsideration

It’s not unusual for defeated protesters to feel as though the explanation for their defeat short changes their arguments. Indeed, this might be the case for every defeated protester (or intervenor, or agency)....more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

New Proposed DoD Cyber Guidance May Fuel Bid Protest Docket

Newly published draft DoD Guidance for Reviewing System Security Plans (SSP) and the “NIST SP 800-171 Security Requirements Not Yet Implemented” answer some questions but may also result in an increased protest docket due to...more

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