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
How to Assess the Likelihood of Success in Deciding Whether to Bring a Bid Protest
In Marathon Targets, Inc. v. United States, U.S. Court of Federal Claims, No. 25-121 (March 13, 2025, reissued March 24, 2025), Marathon Targets sought to block a U.S. Marine Corps contract awarded to MVP Robotics for...more
As the regulatory environment continues to evolve in the new administration, U.S. government contractors are facing an increasingly complex array of legal challenges. Staying compliant and competitive requires close attention...more
In the recent MicroTechnologies LLC and SMS Data Products Group, Inc. decisions, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) sustained protests challenging the Agency’s failure to perform the required price risk analysis under...more
On February 26, GAO denied the protest of Mission Analytics, Inc., challenging the award of a small business set-aside contract to ThunderCat Technology, LLC, explaining that “it is a firm’s responsibility to submit a...more
On February 24, Judge Armando Bonilla of the Court of Federal Claims (COFC) declined to dismiss a challenge to a $648 million award under a Missile Defense Agency (MDA) development deal, finding that the court had...more
Generally speaking, the U.S. procurement system allows companies competing for U.S. government contracts broad rights to challenge contract awards, as well as the terms of solicitations. There are, however, restrictions...more
President Joe Biden signed into law last week the Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 (NDAA). ...more
This article is part of a monthly column that provides takeaways from recent bid protest cases. In this installment, we highlight decisions from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the U.S. Government...more
Claims Updates - Adapt Consulting, LLC v. General Services Administration, CBCA 7213, 7393 (July 22, 2024) - The Civilian Board of Contract Appeals sustained a contractor’s appeal of its termination for default for the...more
Each month, Venable's Government Contracts Group publishes a summary of recent policy and legal developments of interest to the government contractor community. The federal government took several noteworthy actions in the...more
The Fiscal Year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) includes numerous provisions relevant to government contractors in areas such as artificial intelligence (AI), cybersecurity, supply chain concerns related to...more
As the 2023 calendar year comes to a close, there are a number of important legal, regulatory, and other updates relevant to the government contracts industry. This digest provides an overview of the government's annual bid...more
On July 8, the Department of Defense (DoD) Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment (OUSD (A&S)) announced its first update to the Other Transactions (OT) Guide since November 2018. The DoD OT...more
Welcome to Jenner & Block’s Government Contracts Legal Round‑Up, a biweekly update on important government contracts developments. This update offers brief summaries of key developments for government contracts legal,...more
Though we are not yet halfway through 2022, the COFC has issued two decisions that highlight divergent views from GAO precedent regarding the availability of key personnel and whether there is a presumption that an Agency...more
LABOR & EMPLOYMENT - Government Contractors to Register for Affirmative Action Program Compliance Certification Beginning February 1, 2022 - In December 2021, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP)...more
The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has issued a precedential decision in NIKA Technologies, Inc. v. United States, reversing a decision by the Court of Federal Claims on the timelines for securing a stay of contract...more
As experienced protest counsel, we know (i) that you can pick lint off of any procurement; and (ii) because of that fact, a protester alleging error in the procurement process needs to show that the error was “prejudicial.”...more
The Department of Defense’s (DOD) Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) requirements are coming, impacting DOD contractors big and small. This important new certification, if responded to proactively, will help...more
In 2018, three particularly important decisions were issued that will have a significant impact on bid protest law for years to come: Dell Federal Systems LP v. United States, PDS Consultants Inc. v. United States, and Oracle...more
GAO Bid Protest Annual Report to Congress for Fiscal Year 2014 - The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has issued its bid protest annual report to Congress for fiscal year 2014 reporting each instance in which a...more