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Department of Defense (DOD) Bid Protests Civilian Agency Task Orders

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Recent GAO Decision Highlights GAO's Jurisdiction Over Protests Involving Task Orders

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The recent bid protest decision in ELS, Inc., B-421989, December 21, 2023, 2023 CPD highlights an important aspect of bid protest litigation before the U.S. Government Accountability Office ("GAO"): task order jurisdiction....more

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New GAO Protest Rules Take Effect May 31

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On May 31, 2018, two new rules go into effect that impact the U.S. Government Accountability Office’s (GAO’s) jurisdiction to hear protests of task orders and delivery orders issued pursuant to multiple-award...more

Jones Day

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

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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

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

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

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

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Timing is Everything – GAO Refuses to Apply Jurisdiction Retroactively

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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

McCarter & English, LLP

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

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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

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Jurisdictional Changes for Bid Protests

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

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

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

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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

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

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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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