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GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT BID PROTEST – ARBITRARY AND CAPRICIOUS REQUIREMENT
The recent decision, Gemini Tech Services, LLC v. U.S., 2025 WL 2080407 (Fed.Cl. 2025), demonstrates the (difficult) standard in protesting a government’s procurement decision, i.e., a bid protest. In this…
GovCon & Trade
GAO Proposes Higher Pleading Standard for Bid Protests, Questions Remain for Loser-Pays Model
As we noted in this blog post in February, the 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) was enacted in December 2024 included a provision at Section 885 raising the protest…
Government Contracts Legal Forum
June 2025 Bid Protest Sustain of the Month: Impaired Objectivity OCI Allegations Find Success at GAO
By Cherie Owen
The following is an installment in Crowell & Moring’s Bid Protest Sustain of the Month Series. In this series, Crowell’s Government Contracts Practice will keep you up to date with a…
The Federal Government Contracts & Procurement Blog
CICA Stay Preserved: COFC Rules in Favor of Protester, Applies Equitable Tolling
By Fox Rothschild, Evan Williams
The Competition in Contracting Act (CICA) of 1984 establishes a procedure that effectively pauses performance of a federal contract award during a bid protest. If a disappointed bidder files a…
Government Contracts Legal Forum
May 2025 Bid Protest Sustain of the Month: In a Sustain-less Month, a Look Back at May’s Digested Dismissal Decisions
By Cherie Owen
The following is an installment in Crowell & Moring’s Bid Protest Sustain of the Month Series. In this series, Crowell’s Government Contracts Practice will keep you up to date with a…
Government Contracts Featured Insights
Protesting the Scope of Agency Corrective Actions as Overly Broad
Procuring agencies often take corrective actions in response to bid protests, both following bid protest decisions and voluntarily before decisions are rendered on the merits of the protest. The scope…
The Federal Government Contracts & Procurement Blog
Other Transaction Authority: COFC Employs a “Principal Purpose” Test to Determine Whether Bid Protest Jurisdiction Exists
By Evan Williams, Luke Levasseur
Much has been written during recent years regarding the increasing volume of government acquisitions and spending effected under Other Transaction (OT) authority. These transactions are generally exempt from the requirements…
Claims & Sustains
Seyfarth’s Government Contracts Group Earns National Recognition in Chambers USA and The Legal 500
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Seyfarth is proud to announce that its Government Contracts practice has earned a Band 3 ranking in Chambers USA 2025 (Government Contracts: The Elite) and a Band 2…
Government Contracts Legal Forum
GAO Dismissal Emphasizes that Attempts to Resolve Concerns with Procuring Agency Do Not Extend the Time to File a Protest
By Daniel R. Forman, Cherie Owen
GAO’s recent dismissal of a protest filed by A2A Integrated Logistics, Inc. provides an important reminder regarding the strict timeliness rules that apply to bid protests. Quoters were required to electronically submit…
BuildSmart
Understanding the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Bid Protest Procedures
By Aron C. Beezley, Nathaniel J. Greeson, Charles F. Blanchard
When participating in a government procurement process, understanding the rules governing bid protests is crucial. For contractors engaging with the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA), strict procedural guidelines must be…