In Davenergy-VCI JV, LLC, B-423332, April 29, 2025, Davenergy-VCI protested the cancellation by the Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) of a solicitation for architectural engineering construction management services for medical...more
In FI Consulting, Inc., B-423274 (April 11, 2025), FI Consulting, Inc. (FIC) protested its elimination from a procurement for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) program support services after the agency rejected its...more
The Mission Essential Group, LLC (MEG) protested the scope of corrective action by U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) following a previous protest involving a linguist support services procurement. In The Mission...more
The number of protests filed at the Government Accountability Office (GAO) decreased in FY 2024 by 11 percent, after increasing 22 percent in FY 2023.
The GAO’s sustain rate of 16 percent in FY 2024 fell from 31 percent...more
Impacted by an acquisition where an unusually high number of protests were filed and sustained, the GAO’s sustain and effectiveness rates increased to 31 and 57 percent, respectively.
The number of filed Government...more
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has created a potential trap regarding the beginning of the 10-day protest timeliness period when an offeror receives information from the contracting office outside of the...more
The effectiveness rate increased to 51 percent.
The number of filed Government Accountability Office (GAO) protests dropped another 12 percent, after dropping 12 percent in 2021....more
The final rule provides for additional debriefing rights and clarifies the GAO bid protest stay timeliness rules.
DoD debriefings now must include a redacted version of the source selection decision document for all awards...more
A Court of Federal Claims decision holds that offerors do not have a duty to inform agency of changes to key personnel availability after submission of proposal.
- The decision departs from well-settled GAO precedent.
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On November 16, 2021, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) published its Bid Protest Annual Report to Congress for Fiscal Year 2021. The GAO’s report, which is mandated by the Competition in Contracting Act, lists its...more
Recent GAO protest decision provides a painful reminder that protests that run afoul of the “diligent pursuit” rule will be dismissed as untimely.
GAO’s Bid Protest Regulations contain strict rules for the timely...more
Effectiveness rate increases to 51 percent, the highest on record.
GAO’s effectiveness rate increased to 51 percent from 44 percent in FY 2019 and 2018.
GAO’s sustain rate increases to 15 percent from 13 percent in FY...more
In a recent decision, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims (COFC) addressed the timeliness rules for enhanced debriefing situations.
The clock for purposes of obtaining an automatic stay and timeliness may start after the...more
GAO’s sustain rate and effectiveness rate both dropped to the lowest levels since Fiscal Year 2015.
Protest activity at the GAO increased slightly over the previous year....more