The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently issued its annual report to Congress on bid protests for Fiscal Year 2023....more
As in prior years, the upcoming end of the federal fiscal year will be marked by a flurry of contract and task order awards, as federal agencies busily obligate remaining fiscal year 2023 appropriated funds while still...more
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued its annual Bid Protest Report to Congress for Fiscal Year 2022 on Nov. 1, 2022. The annual report is a requirement of the Competition in Contracting Act and an...more
The Department of Defense (DOD) issued a final rule on March 18, 2022, that amends the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to require "enhanced" post-award debriefings in certain DOD procurements....more
In this post, we briefly summarize three of the key bid protest decisions published in November 2019....more
On November 5, 2019, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued its annual Bid Protest Report to Congress for Fiscal Year 2019. The annual report is a requirement of the Competition in Contracting Act and is an...more
Over the past several months, this blog has analyzed several key provisions of the Fiscal Year 2019 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that impact government contractors. This post briefly summarizes a variety of other...more
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We recently noted in this blog that the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for 2017 is set to restore the Government Accountability Office's (GAO) jurisdiction to hear protests of task and delivery orders issued by...more
It appears that, at long last, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) will have permanent jurisdiction over task and delivery orders exceeding certain thresholds.
The right of federal contractors to protest agencies'...more
On April 15, 2016, the Government Accountability Office ("GAO") published a number of proposed changes to the procedural rules that govern bid protests in that forum. See 81 Fed. Reg. 22197. The primary purpose is to...more
A defense contractor recently won a rare victory over the Defense Contract Audit Agency (“DCAA”) in the highly contentious struggle over the allowability of executive compensation costs....more