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The Federal Government Contracts & Procurement Blog
FAR Part 13: Can I Wait to Protest When the Agency Tells Me a Debriefing Will Be Provided?
The Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) timeliness rules are generally straightforward. But as a recent GAO decision shows, agency statements to disappointed offerors can sometimes blur application of the rules—often to…
Government Contracts Featured Insights
Protesting Failure to Refer to an SBA Certificate of Competency Review
Procuring agencies must make an affirmative determination of contractor responsibility before awarding federal contracts. While a responsibility determination is necessary for all successful offerors, a non-responsibility determination that precludes a…
GovCon & Trade
Supreme Court Leaves “Interested Party” Limits Intact in Percipient.ai, Reinforcing Bid Protest Standing at COFC
By Todd Overman
On January 12, the U.S. Supreme Court denied Percipient.ai’s (Percipient) petition for certiorari, leaving in place an en banc Federal Circuit decision that restricts who qualifies as an “interested party”…
Government Contracts Law
Cracking the Kitchen Sink: FY2026 NDAA Brings Bid Protest Reforms for Defense Contractors That Lodge Meritless Protests
Congress has once again reshaped the protest landscape—this time with a narrow but consequential change targeted squarely at Department of Defense (DoD) procurements. The Fiscal Year 2026 National Defense Authorization Act…
SmallGovCon
FAR 2.0 Update: Part 33 Protests, Disputes, and Appeals
By Shane McCall
Many federal contractors have heard about the revamping of the Federal Acquisition Regulation. Variously called FAR 2.0, the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul, and most commonly simply RFO, this project has been undertaken…
Government Contracts Legal Forum
November 2025 Bid Protest Sustain of the Month: GAO Sustains OCI Where Awardee Was Providing Acquisition Support to the Source Selection Authority
By Cherie Owen
The following is an installment in Crowell & Moring’s Bid Protest Sustain of the Month Series. In this series, Crowell’s Government Contracts Practice keeps you up to date with a summary…
Government Contracts Legal Forum
All Things Protest: NDAA, GAO’s Annual Bid Protest Report, and an OCI Sustain
By Christian Curran, Zachary Schroeder, Bryan Dewan
In this episode, Crowell's Christian Curran, Zachary Schroeder, and Bryan Dewan cover the latest NDAA protest provision, GAO’s Bid Protest Annual Report to Congress for Fiscal Year 2025, and GAO’s…
Government Contracts Featured Insights
Timeliness Issues for GAO Protests Filed After Agency-Level Protests
The bid protest regulations of the Government Accountability Office (GAO) contain timeliness requirements that demand strict adherence by protesters. In cases where a protester first files an agency-level protest, any…
Government Contracts Legal Forum
GAO Cautions Agencies—Over-Redact at Your Own Peril
By Amy Laderberg O'Sullivan, Christian Curran, Cherie Owen
Bid protest practitioners in recent years have witnessed agencies’ increasing efforts to limit the production of documents and information in response to Government Accountability Office (GAO) bid protests—often will little…
Government Contracts Legal Forum
2025 GAO Bid Protest Annual Report: Where Have All the Protests Gone?
By Rob Sneckenberg, Christian Curran, Cherie Owen, Emily Golchini, Bryan Dewan
On December 12, 2025, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) released its annual report on bid protests for fiscal year 2025, containing the full statistics shown below: Bid Protest Statistics for Fiscal…