Courts, Boards, & GAO
COFC Holds that USAID Contractors Properly Pleaded Breach of Contract by Improper Mass Termination in Bad Faith/Abuse of Discretion
Crowell & Moring - In Danziger et al. v. U.S., the Court of Federal Claims (COFC) denied the government’s motion to dismiss a complaint...
Bid Protests in Maine
Bradley - Bid protests in Maine are governed by a relatively structured administrative framework that provides disappointed bidders and other “aggrieved persons” with a...
“Close Enough” Isn’t Good Enough: Protester’s “Homebrew” Certification Sinks Proposal
The agency rejected the protester's proposal due to an incomplete limitation on subcontracting certification. The protester argued that its certification—which did not include the...
Lost in Translation: GAO Upholds Rejection of Lease Written in Japanese
The protester argued the agency improperly downgraded its proposal for submitting a warehouse lease agreement written entirely in Japanese, since the solicitation never required...
Bid Protests in Alaska
Bradley - Alaska’s bid protest framework provides an administrative process for challenging solicitation terms, proposed awards, and awarded contracts — but it is highly...
Federal Circuit Holds Challengers to CICA Stay Overrides Need Not Satisfy Four-Factor Injunctive Relief Test
Crowell & Moring - In a significant decision for government contractors, on April 15, 2026, in Life Science Logistics, LLC v. United States, the...
2026 A Contracting Oddity: Movie Studio’s Claim Against NASA Flops at the COFC
Big Easy Studios claimed it had an implied-in-fact ten-year lease with the government to film movies at a NASA facility. The Court of Federal...
“It’s Too Late, Baby, Now It’s Too Late, Though We Really Did Try to Make It”: Protest of Sole-Source Option Extension Dismissed as Untimely
The protester challenged the agency's contract modification, exercising an option period under an incumbent sole-source contract. GAO dismissed the protest as untimely. Protests must...
Protesting an Award? What the Latest CICA Stay Decision Means for Government Contractors
PilieroMazza - The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit recently rejected the argument that a plaintiff challenging an agency’s override of an...
Taliban Takeover: Who Bears the Risk When a War Zone Becomes Inaccessible?
When the U.S. withdrew from Afghanistan and the Taliban seized control, a contractor lost equipment and materials stored at a government facility. The contractor...
60-Second Sustains: Effective Communication Strategies, LLC
Blank Rome - Effective Communication Strategies, LLC challenged a procurement process concerning the acquisition of microwaves and dehumidifiers. The Army Corps of Engineers issued...
COFC Lambastes Government for Procedural Gamesmanship
The government filed a motion to stay proceedings in a bid protest at 5:03 PM on the day the administrative record was due—twenty-seven days...
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