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Bid Protests
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Government Contracts & Investigations Blog
Task And Delivery Order Protests: Taking Aim At A Moving Target
By Marko W. Kipa The saga began with the passage of the 2008 National Defense Authorization Act. While the Act contained a general prohibition barring bid protests of task and…
Hawaii Construction Law
Bidding On Rail
By Anna Oshiro
by Christi-Anne H. Kudo ChockBy the end of March 2011, the City and County of Honolulu had awarded contracts totaling nearly $2.5 billion in connection with the Honolulu High-Capacity Transit…
Supplemental Conditions
Public Bidding and Bid Protests in Pennsylvania
I planned a course for the Philadelphia Bar Association today called "Public Bidding and Bid Protest - A Primer on Pennsylvania Law." A special thanks to my friend Chris McCabe…
Government Contracts Legal Forum
The Court of Federal Claims Opens Its Doors to Protests of Civilian Task and Delivery Order Procurements
In June I wrote about GAO’s conclusion that its protest jurisdiction over agency task and delivery order procurements will not only continue after the May 27, 2011 sunset date, but…
Government Contracts & Investigations Blog
Protesting at ODRA?: Learning the Lay of the Land
By Marko W. Kipa & Ryan E. Roberts Your company submitted a proposal to the Federal Aviation Administration (“FAA”) to provide widgets and related services. The opportunity had corporate visibility and…
ContractsProf Blog
Court of Federal Claims Upholds Bid Protest Despite Completion of Challenged Contract
On July 13, 2011, the Court of Federal Claims released its opinion in California Industrial Facilities Resources, Inc. v. United States. California Industrial Facilities Resources (CIFR) challenged the award to…
Government Contracts & Investigations Blog
“Give Me Your Huddled Masses”: COFC Still Beckons To Protesters
By W. Bruce Shirk and Kerry O’Neill The U.S. Court of Federal Claims' (“COFC”) decision in Jacobs Technology, Inc. v. United States, No. 11-180C, 2011 WL 2044581 (Fed. Cl. May 26,…
Government Contracts Legal Forum
GAO Expands Its Jurisdiction Over Protests of Civilian Task and Delivery Order Procurements
With legislation to extend the GAO’s protest jurisdiction over civilian agency task and delivery order procurements stalled in Congress, GAO has concluded that its protest jurisdiction over those procurements will…
Government Contracts & Investigations Blog
The GAO Holds It Possesses Jurisdiction Over Bid Protests of Civilian Agency Task and Delivery Order Awards
By Marko W. Kipa Many believed that the Government Accountability Office’s (“GAO’s”) jurisdiction over bid protests of civilian agency task and delivery order awards valued at over $10 million expired…
Federal Construction Contracting Blog
The Time to File a Bid Protest
By: Michael H. Payne The GAO requires, as provided in 4 CFR 21.2, that: (a)(1) Protests based upon alleged improprieties in a solicitation which are apparent prior to bid opening…