The Government Accountability Office’s jurisdiction to consider protests of civilian agency task order awards applies only when the value of the task order exceeds $10 million ($25 million for DoD, NASA, and the Coast Guard). GAO won’t take up a challenge to a task order valued below that amount, even when an order exceeds that threshold at the time of award, but decreases in value due to an unexpected turn of events.
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