Topic
Task Order Protests
15 published works
Government Contracts Legal Forum
The Court of Federal Claim’s Task and Delivery Order Jurisdiction May Be Back in Play
In September, I wrote about the Court of Federal Claims’ decision in MED Trends, Inc. v. United States, No. 11-420 (Fed. Cl. Sept. 13, 2011), where the Court concluded that…
The Contractor's Perspective
COFC speaks on post-sunset task order protest jurisdiction
As we discussed in a previous post, there has been some confusion regarding the availability of task order protest jurisdiction following the expiration of the sunset provision enacted as part of…
Government Contracts & Investigations Blog
Who’s In Charge? The GAO, the FAR Council, and Jurisdiction Over Task Order Bid Protests
By W. Bruce Shirk We’ve previously complained about the FAR Council’s tendency to take too much time to issue rules that entail consideration of complex subject matter, as indicated, for…
Federal Construction Contracting Blog
GAO Expands Its Jurisdiction to Consider All Task Order Protests
Prior to 2008, dating back to 1994, it was not permissible to protest a task order. The 1994 enactment of the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act ("FASA") provided that protests over…
The Contractor's Perspective
Has GAO expanded its task order protest jurisdiction?
Until recently, many people had assumed that GAO no longer had jurisdiction over civilian agency task order protests in excess of $10 million. But GAO's decision in Technatomy Corp. (B-405130)…