Navigating Bid Protest Choices at GAO and COFC
In this episode of Wiley's Government Contracts podcast, Ryan Frazee highlights key factors in choosing between the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and the U.S. Court of Federal Claims (COFC) when filing bid...more
This installment of our monthly Law360 bid protest spotlight considers: (1) a company’s successful challenge to an agency’s decision to take corrective action and reopen a competition the company had already won; (2) a...more
A recent decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Nika Technologies, Inc. v. United States provides an important clarification of the timeliness rules for filing a bid protest with the U.S. Government...more
WHAT: On February 4, 2020, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) reversed a Court of Federal Claims (COFC) judge’s ruling in a decision that clarifies what a contractor must do to preserve the right to stop...more
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit confirms that a protester seeking to avail itself of the statutory “automatic stay” of performance in connection with a GAO bid protest must file that protest within five days...more
The automatic stay of award is one of the key elements of a bid protest under the Competition in Contracting Act. The CICA stay is only available when a protest is filed no later than ten days after contract award or no later...more