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National Defense Authorization Act › Civilian Agency Task Orders

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The National Defense Authorization Act is a United States federal statute enacted each year to specify the budget and expenditures of the Department of Defense. The NDAA identifies which agencies are responsible for national defense, provides funding for those agencies and includes instructions on proper use of the funds. less -

GAO's Bid Protest Report to Congress for 2017 Shows Record High Effectiveness Rate

Jones Day on 11/30/2017

The Situation: The Government Accountability Office publishes an annual report detailing bid protest activity for the prior fiscal year. The Result: The fiscal year 2017 report shows that the sustain rate for bid protests...more

GAO Declines to Apply GAO Civilian Task and Delivery Order Protest Authority Act Retroactively to Lapse in Jurisdiction

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 4/11/2017

In two recent opinions, the Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) has declined to reconsider protests it dismissed during the recent lapse in its jurisdiction over protests of civilian agency task and delivery orders...more

Timing is Everything – GAO Refuses to Apply Jurisdiction Retroactively

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC on 3/20/2017

As we previously reported here and here, between October 1 and December 14, 2016, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) lacked jurisdiction to hear most civilian agency task order protests (its jurisdiction over protest...more

Laws and Regulations Affecting Government Contractors

Polsinelli on 2/23/2017

Government contractors wondering whether and when they can protest military and civilian task and delivery orders should be aware of recent changes in the law affecting a party’s right to protest before the General...more

Differing GAO Task Order Protest Thresholds

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 1/3/2017

On December 23, 2017, President Obama signed the 2017 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which contains changes to the Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) jurisdiction over contractor bid protests of task order...more

Task and Delivery Order Bid Protests Are Back in Business at the GAO

McCarter & English, LLP on 12/23/2016

New Legislation Reinstates GAO’s Civilian Task Order Protest Jurisdiction, but the 2017 NDAA Will Up the Threshold for Non-Civilian Agency Task Order Procurements...more

Jurisdictional Changes for Bid Protests

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 12/22/2016

Two new statutes—the 2017 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) and the GAO Civilian Task and Delivery Order Protest Authority Act of 2016 (Civilian Task Order Act)—greatly impact the ability of government contractors to...more

UPDATE: Civilian Task Order Protest Jurisdiction Already Restored, DoD Task Order Threshold Likely to Increase Soon

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC on 12/22/2016

As we reported on December 14, 2016, on December 8, the Senate passed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) of 2017, which calls for changes to the Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) jurisdiction over civilian...more

Legislation Restores GAO Civilian Task Order Protest Jurisdiction (for Good this Time?), But Introduces New Differences Between...

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC on 12/15/2016

On December 8, 2016, the Senate passed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) of 2017 previously passed by the House, and the legislation is pending President Obama’s signature. Once signed, Section 835 of the NDAA...more

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