Courts, Boards, & GAO
Too Close at Hand Doctrine Sinks Award: COFC Says Navy Ignored Negative Past Performance Information
This bid protest case turned on whether the Navy irrationally ignored readily available negative past performance information when awarding a nearly $100 million base...
GAO Rejects Argument that Solicitation Should Have Been More Restricitve
The protester challenged the terms of a State Department solicitation for a senior police advisor in Haiti, arguing the agency improperly relaxed experience requirements...
Protest Can’t Salvage Incumbent’s Lost Travel Services Contract
This bid protest challenged GSA's award of a Marine Corps travel services contract to a competitor. The protester—the incumbent contractor—argued the agency improperly evaluated...
July 2026 Bid Protest Sustain of the Month: Four Reports, Zero Analysis, One Problem – VA’s Past Performance Evaluation Falls Short
Crowell & Moring - In this installment of Crowell's Bid Protest Sustain of the Month Series, Crowell Consultant (and former GAO Bid Protest Hearing...
GAO OK’s Agency’s “99% Satisfactory CPARS” Cutoff in FSS Acquisition
Steven Koprince - In a recent bid protest decision, the GAO held that the agency could limit the pool of offerors to those with...
SDVOSB Joint Venture Loses Status Mid-Procurement: Is It Still Eligible?
The protester challenged the agency's decision to eliminate it from consideration after the joint venture lost its service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB) status following...
Unstated Criteria or Just Vague Proposals? COFC Affirms Importance of a Clear, Well-Written Proposal
The protester challenged the agency's evaluation of both its own proposal and the awardee's proposal, arguing the agency applied unstated evaluation criteria and misinterpreted...
Protester’s Lower Price and Better Past Performance Can’t Overcome Awardee’s Technical Superiority
The protester challenged the agency's best-value tradeoff decision, arguing that its lower price and higher past performance rating should have prevailed over the awardee's...
It Wasn’t a Catch-22: GAO Finds the File Naming Conventions Were Clearly Stated in the Solicitation
Koprince McCall Pottroff - A catch-22 is an impossible, no-win situation where you are caught between two conflicting requirements, and complying with one makes...
Army Ordered to Reopen $50B MAPS Deal After GAO Ruling
GovConFeed - The Government Accountability Office has ordered the Army to reopen a $50 billion professional-services contract after finding the service unlawfully blocked small...
COFC Denies Protester’s Request to Enjoin Contract Performance, Finds Protester Would Not Be Irreparably Harmed
The protester sought emergency relief to prevent the awardee from beginning contract performance while its protest was pending. The protester argued it would suffer...
GAO Sustains Protest Over Army’s Ban on Small Business Teaming Arrangements in MAPS Solicitation
Bradley - The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued an important new decision addressing small businesses' right to compete through teaming arrangements for large,...
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