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Bid Protests
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Government Contracts Legal Forum
COFC AND GAO DISAGREE, COURT SUSTAINS $32M PROTEST
In another example of the Court of Federal Claims ("Court") and the Government Accountability Office (GAO) reaching different conclusions, the Court sustained a $32 million protest in a recent decision…
Government Contracts & Investigations Blog
GAO Issues FY 2012 Bid Protest Report – Protests and Sustains Up From FY 2011
By John Chierichella On November 13, 2012 the Government Accountability Office issued its annual report to Congress regarding its bid protest activity. GAO-13-162SP, GAO Bid Protest Annual Report to the…
Focus on Regulation
FAR Update Includes General Guidance to Acquisition Officials on COFC Bid Protests
By Michael McGill, Pete Dungan
On September 13, 2012, the Federal Acquisition Council published a final rule in the Federal Register updating FAR Part 33.* This part of the FAR provides guidance to Federal acquisition…
Government Contracts Legal Forum
More In-Sourcing News
An interesting development regarding the issues surrounding in-sourcing is unfolding at the Court of Federal Claims, courtesy of Elmendorf Support Services v. United States, No. 12-346C (Crt. Fed. Cl. Jun.…
Government Contracts Legal Forum
Proposed Revisions to the Tucker Act Would Dramatically Change the Bid Protest Landscape
CORRECTION (5/15/12): A prior version of this blog post first posted on May 11, 2012, analyzed the proposed amendment to the Tucker Act discussed herein under the mistaken impression that…
Hawaii Construction Law
10th Circuit Case on Bid Protests: No Direct Action Against Project Administrators
By Anna Oshiro
Hawaii procurement officers often complain of an inability to weed out unqualified or undependable contractors from the bidding process, and how the hard bid competitive bidding provisions of the procurement…
Construction & Infrastructure Law Blog
Federal Courts Overrule GAO and Require Reinstatement of Low Bidder
By Sheppard Mullin, Sheppard Mullin
Contractors who file a bid protest challenging a federal contract award can do so in one of three forums: (1) the agency whose procurement decision is being challenged; (2) the…
Hawaii Construction Law
Bid Protest on Kaloko Housing Project
By Anna Oshiro
West Hawaii Today reports that Maryl Construction has protested its apparent disqualification as low bidder on the Kaloko Housing Project in Kona. Apparently, Maryl's $3.9 million dollar bid failed to…
Government Contracts & Investigations Blog
Protests Rise; Winners Fall: GAO Releases Its Latest Protest Statistics
By: Anne Perry While the number of protests has steadily increased over the past five years, the success rate for protesters in Fiscal Year 2011 was at its lowest during…
Government Contracts & Investigations Blog
A New Twist On Establishing Interested Party Status At The GAO
By: Townsend Bourne In a bid protest decision regarding the propriety of agency corrective action, GAO recently carved out a new exception to its general rule that those who do…