PilieroMazza Annual Review: Key Insights from Recent Bid Protest Decisions Shaping Government Contractor Success in 2026
Joint Venture Eligibility Refresher on Requirements for Government Contractors
2024-2025 Bid Protest Decisions with Far-Reaching Impacts for Government Contractors
Navigating Bid Protest Choices at GAO and COFC
Recent Bid Protest Decisions Reshape Strategies for Future Government Contractor Success
5 W’s of Bid Protests: The Who, What, When, Where, and Why
Podcast Series: Commercial Businesses New to Government Contracting: Mitigating Protests and Disputes in Government Contracts
Thawing From the Freeze: Significant Developments in Government Contracts from 2021-2022
2021 Bid Protest Decisions with Far-Reaching Impacts for Government Contractors
Bid Protest: LPTAs - Are They Still Okay? - Webinar
Podcast: Discussing Government Procurement with Karen Walker and Tiffany Roddenberry
Preparing for Post-Award Debriefings
Past Performance: How to Use Yours, Benefit from Others’, and Defend It from Attacks
Missteps in the Bid Protest Process: War Stories from the Trenches
Government Contracting Phase One: Transitioning From Commercial to Government Work
Common Issues in Government Procurement and Contracting with John Edwards and William Stowe
GovCon Perspectives Podcast Episode 24: Effective Use of “Open and Frank” Discussions in Bid Protests
CPARS From A to Z
Award Protests: Choosing the Forum
On April 30, 2026, President Trump issued a significant Executive Order (Order) directing a government-wide shift toward greater reliance on fixed-price contracts and tightening the standards agencies must meet before...more
A recent decision from the Federal Aviation Administration’s Office of Dispute Resolution for Acquisition (ODRA) delivers significant rulings on two fronts: the unenforceability of contractual bid protest bars in FAA...more
Seven Development Group Incorporated v. Exeter Township, No. 25-12104 (C.C.P. Berks County Mar. 16, 2026) (Fudeman, J.) - In a case raising important questions about municipal bidding procedures, standing to challenge public...more
The Army’s Marketplace for the Acquisition of Professional Services (MAPS) procurement represents one of the most significant professional services contracting opportunities in recent years....more
Government contracting can feel like learning a new language. Even sophisticated commercial vendors often struggle with the rules, acronyms, and procedural traps that come with selling to federal agencies....more
On April 15, the Federal Circuit issued a decision clarifying the burden a protestor must meet when challenging an agency’s override of the Competition in Contracting Act’s (CICA) automatic stay of performance....more
The Administration’s New Procurement Default and the Contractor’s Playbook - On April 30, 2026, President Donald Trump signed Promoting Efficiency, Accountability, and Performance in Federal Contracting, an executive...more
Federal contractors are often familiar with the well-defined bid protest processes at the Government Accountability Office (GAO), the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, and agency-level forums....more
In Kansas, vendors dissatisfied with the conduct of a competitive procurement — whether due to an award decision, solicitation specifications, or other irregularities — must understand how to navigate the state’s bid protest...more
In Metro East Joint Venture, LLC, B-424392 (April 21, 2026), Metro East Joint Venture LLC (Metro) protested the issuance by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) of a sole-source contract modification to...more
Bid protests in Maine are governed by a relatively structured administrative framework that provides disappointed bidders and other “aggrieved persons” with a defined right to challenge contract and grant award decisions....more
Alaska’s bid protest framework provides an administrative process for challenging solicitation terms, proposed awards, and awarded contracts — but it is highly procedural, fast-moving, and strictly deadline-driven....more
The New DEI Crackdown: What Federal Contractors Must Do Now - On March 26, 2026, the Trump Administration issued a sweeping Executive Order targeting DEI policies, alongside DOJ’s plan to use the False Claims Act (FCA) to...more
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (Federal Circuit) recently rejected the argument that a plaintiff challenging an agency’s override of an automatic stay of a contract—commonly referred to as the Competition...more
This month’s Bid Protest Roundup focuses on three recent protests from the Government Accountability Office (GAO). The first protest addresses the evidentiary showing required to sustain a challenge based on alleged...more
On April 15, 2026, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued a significant decision in Life Science Logistics, LLC v. United States, No. 2024-1522, clarifying the legal standard governing judicial review of...more
The Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) recent decision in Effective Communication Strategies, LLC, B-422289 (Mar. 18, 2025), offers an important reminder for federal contractors: when an agency repeatedly changes...more
Protest of: Effective Communication Strategies, LLC Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) B-423993; B-423993.2 • The challenged procurement was a commercial item, simplified acquisition for microwaves and dehumidfiers. ...more
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued a significant decision today clarifying both judicial review of CICA stay overrides and the standard a protester must satisfy to obtain relief when an agency overrides...more
In a decision that underscores the limits of “speed” in federal procurement, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently sustained a bid protest by Effective Communications Strategy, LLC (EFS) challenging a U.S. Army...more
A contracting officer issues a solicitation amendment on a Friday afternoon, reverses course by Friday evening and demands a revised quotation by noon on Saturday, then changes the requirements again on both Sunday and Monday...more
At the Court of Federal Claims, winning the argument is not always enough to win the case. In Noblis MSD, LLC v. United States, U.S. Court of Federal Claims, No. 25-1637C (March 19, 2026), the protester challenged a $100...more
In this month’s protest roundup, we consider two protests before the Government Accountability Office (GAO) and a status protest before the Small Business Administration (SBA) Office of Hearings and Appeals (OHA). The first...more
What happens when a protester claims the agency failed to treat two similarly situated proposals the same, but the record shows they weren’t really alike? That was the central issue in iAdeptive Technologies, LLC, B-424158,...more
Courts and bid protest tribunals are increasingly sanctioning government contractors who submit filings containing AI-generated errors, including fabricated cases, inaccurate quotations, and mischaracterized authorities. ...more