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Bid Protests
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Government Construction Law Update
The Five Most Common Reasons for Winning GAO Bid Protests—Part 2: Unreasonable Past Performance Evaluation
By Joseph Darr
The Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) releases an annual report to Congress. In the report, the GAO lists the most common reasons for sustaining bid protests, which vary from year to…
Government Construction Law Update
When Winning a Bid Protest Still Means You Lose
By Joseph Darr
When a contractor decides to file a bid protest to challenge the award of a federal construction project to another contractor, there are three options for where to file the…
Government Construction Law Update
The Five Most Common Reasons for Winning GAO Bid Protests—Part 1: Unreasonable Cost or Price Evaluation
By Joseph Darr
The Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) releases an annual report to Congress. In the report, the GAO lists the most common reasons for sustaining bid protests, which vary from year to…
The Contractor's Perspective
The difference between standing and prejudice in a federal bid protest
By Julia Banegas, Brian Waagner
In order to bring a bid protest in the Court of Federal Claims, you must have standing. To win the protest, you have to show prejudice. Although distinct, these two…
BuildSmart
The 5 Most Important Bid Protest Decisions of 2019
By Aron C. Beezley, Patrick R. Quigley
Bradley attorneys Aron Beezley, Patrick Quigley, Sarah Osborne, and Lisa Markman recently published a Law360 Expert Analysis article on the five most important bid protest decisions of 2019: NetCentrics Corp.…
BuildSmart
GAO Issues Rare Advisory Opinions
Recently, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued two advisory opinions relating to protests currently before the U.S. Court of Federal Claims (COFC). See AECOM Mgmt. Servs., Inc.–Advisory Opinion, B-417506.12, Sept.…
BuildSmart
GAO Bid Protest Report for FY 2019 is Noteworthy
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently issued to Congress its annual bid protest report for Fiscal Year (FY) 2019. As discussed below, this year’s report is particularly noteworthy for multiple…
GovCon & Trade
Tis the Season (for Protests)!
The government fiscal year runs from October 1 to September 30, and at the end of each fiscal year federal agencies rush to award contracts and commit funding before that…
The Contractor's Perspective
Four steps to winning an Arizona bid protest
By Josh Grabel
Bid protests on statewide and local public procurements in Arizona are allowed, in one form or another, if an unsuccessful offeror has both “standing” and a basis for protest. Protestors…
Inside Government Contracts
Flying in Friendly Skies: An In-Depth Look at the FAA’s Unique Bid Protest Forum
Federal contractors usually think of two bid protest forums: the Government Accountability Office and the U.S. Court of Federal Claims. But another protest forum often flies under the radar: the…