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Bid Protests
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Government Contracts
Bid Protests for Small Businesses
By Albert E. Dotson, Jr., Eric Singer
A bid protest is a method for a bidder for a government contract to formally challenge the government's selection process or decision. Bid-protest procedures vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, but…
Inside Government Contracts
RAND Report Concludes That Protests of Department of Defense Procurements Are Rare, Effective
Last week, the RAND Corporation published a report entitled “Assessing Bid Protests of U.S. Department of Defense Procurements: Identifying Issues, Trends, And Drivers.” In it, RAND analyzed the prevalence and…
BuildSmart
Highly Anticipated Report on Bid Protests is Finally Here!
RAND Corporation recently issued its much-anticipated report on the prevalence and impact of bid protests. The report, which was issued at the direction of Congress, contains a plethora of important—and…
Meaningful Discussions
The RAND Bid Protest Study Performed Pursuant to the 2017 NDAA Fails To Support the Pentagon’s Desired Restrictions on Contractors’ Ability To Challenge Agency Procurement Decisions
By Marcia Madsen, Luke Levasseur
The long-awaited study by the RAND Corporation (RAND) that was performed pursuant to Section 885 of the 2017 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) was delivered to Congress on December 21,…
Government Contracts & Investigations Blog
While Protests and the Sustain Rate Decrease, the Effectiveness Rate Continues Its Upward Climb – A Brief Review of GAO’s FY 2017 Bid Protest Statistics
By Emily Theriault, Sheppard Mullin
On November 13, U.S. Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) published its Annual Report to Congress (B-158766, November 13, 2017), which contains the statistics for bid protests filed at GAO in FY…
The Federal Government Contracts & Procurement Blog
GAO Protest Primer: Effective Use of Pre-Award Protests
It seems that when we discuss GAO bid protests, we most often refer to the post-award variety. Your company lost a contract award due to a procurement error by the…
Inside Government Contracts
GAO’s Annual Report: Protests Are Down, But Their Effectiveness Is Up
By Jay Carey
On Monday, GAO issued its Bid Protest Annual Report to Congress for Fiscal Year 2017. Most notably, the effectiveness rate hit 47%. The effectiveness rate looks at all cases filed,…
GovCon & Trade
Large Contractors – Time to Take Your Protests to Court?
Congress recently concluded the conference on the 2018 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), resolving the differences between the House and Senate versions of the FY18 NDAA passed earlier this year.…
BuildSmart
GAO Bid Protest Sustain Rate Remains High in FY 2017
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently issued to Congress its annual bid protest report. Of particular note, the report states that, “[o]f the protests resolved on the merits during fiscal…
BuildSmart
Bid Protests in Colorado: Important New Changes
Colorado recently overhauled its Procurement Code. The legislature changed rules governing bid protests of state-funded procurements. We offer a user-friendly overview of the “new” Colorado bid protest process in this…