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Bid Protests
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Global Regulatory Enforcement Law Blog
Latest Bid Protest Stats Suggest Contractors Are Seeking to Fight Only the Good Fights
On January 2, the Government Accountability Office ("GAO") provided its annual report to Congress of bid-protest activity for fiscal year ("FY") 2013. The primary purpose of these reports is…
Government Contracts Legal Forum
GAO Releases Protest Statistics for FY 2013
In its annual report to Congress under the Competition in Contracting Act of 1984, 31 U.S.C. § 3554(e)(2), GAO disclosed the following bid protest statistics for FYs 2009-2013: For the…
Government Contracts Legal Forum
C&M Litigators Conduct Seminar on Bid Protest Procedure and Strategy
By Amy Laderberg O'Sullivan, Jonathan M. Baker, Olivia Lynch
On September 19, 2013, bid protest attorneys Amy O’Sullivan, Jonathan Baker, and Olivia Lynch will once again be teaching the “Bid Protests: Practice, Procedure and Strategy” course for Federal Publications…
Supplemental Conditions
A Lesson In Being Wary of Under Budget Bids
Owners should never be “thrilled” with bids that come in substantially under budget because it usually means something is either wrong with their construction documents or their contractor intends to…
Hawaii Construction Law
Procurement decision holds state agency can moot a bid protest by cancelling the solicitation
By Anna Oshiro
The Supreme Court has decided that a state agency can moot a bid protest by cancelling a solicitation
The Contractor's Perspective
Without prejudice, procurement errors are not enough to sustain a protest
The GAO’s decision in BC Peabody Constr. Serv., Inc., B-408023 (May 10, 2013) [pdf] illustrates the importance of establishing prejudice in a bid protest. The protester alleged that it proposed…
Government Contracts Legal Forum
Trends and Developments in Bid Protests — Ounce of Prevention Seminar, May 15-16
By Olivia Lynch
Crowell & Moring is hosting its annual Ounce of Prevention Seminar (OOPS) for government contractors on May 15-16, 2013 in Washington, D.C. For the past 28 years, OOPS has provided…
Supplemental Conditions
Bid Protests Are Worth It!
So concludes an upcoming report by the former Dan Gordon, the former head of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy. According to Gordon, among the pro's of a bid protest are: Protests…
Supplemental Conditions
How to File a Federal Bid Protest
In recent years, as private work has become more scare, the competition for public projects has increased. In turn, so have the number of bid disputes challenging the awards of…
Government Contracts Legal Forum
Application of GAO’s Timeliness Rules for GAO Protests Filed after Agency-Level Protest Is the Same Regardless of the Nature of the Adverse Agency Action
By Olivia Lynch
The Government Accountability Office recently rejected a novel argument regarding how timeliness is to be determined for GAO protests filed after an agency either dismisses or denies an agency-level protest. …