Courts, Boards, & GAO
Request that GAO Reconsider a Cost Recommendation Falls Flat
The protester asked GAO to revisit its earlier decision denying reimbursement of protest costs tied to challenges to the agency's technical approach evaluation. The...
GAO Overturns Award After VA Credits Awardee for Work It Never Performed
Bradley - In Veros Real Estate Solutions, LLC, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) sustained a protest challenging the Department of Veterans Affairs’ evaluation of...
GAO Sustains Protest Over Army’s MAPS Teaming Ban
GovConFeed - The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has ordered the Army to reopen a solicitation for its Marketplace for Acquisition of Professional Services (MAPS)...
Show Me the Commitment Letter!
The protester challenged a solicitation for speech therapy services, arguing that requiring quotations to include a signed letter of commitment from the proposed key...
Subcontractors Need Not Apply: COFC Says Subcontractor Lacks Standing to Enforce a CICA Stay
The protester, a subcontractor, sought to enforce an automatic stay under the Competition in Contracting Act (CICA) after filing a protest at the Government...
No RFQ for You: GAO Backs GSA’s Selective Solicitation Strategy
The protester challenged the agency's decision not to send it a request for quotations, arguing the agency improperly limited competition to a select group...
Loser Pays: GSA Seeks to Extend New DoD Bid Protest Rules to Civilian Agencies
PilieroMazza - On July 17, 2026, the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) submitted legislative proposals to Congress—two of which have important implications for government...
Small Business Teams Get Their Day: GAO Says Agency Can’t Force Solo Acts
The protester challenged multiple terms of a solicitation for a massive multiple-award IDIQ vehicle consolidating professional services requirements. Among other arguments, the protester contended...
Credit Where Credit Isn’t Due: GAO Sustains Protest Where VA Credited the Awardee for the Government’s Own Work
McCarter & English - Two proposals rated Exceptional. Two past performance ratings of Substantial Confidence. A price gap of nearly $15 million between the...
Army’s $35M SETA Recompete Survives Third DCS Protest
GovConFeed - The Government Accountability Office has closed out a third round of bid protests over a $35 million Army systems engineering contract, rejecting...
Corrective Action Do-Over: Protester Cries Foul, But GAO Says Play On
The protester challenged the scope of the agency's corrective action, arguing it was improperly tailored to benefit the original awardee and impermissibly ignored previously...
When Does a Pill Become a Product? COFC Addresses Active Ingredient Question in TAA Compliance
This bid protest challenged the VA's award of a pharmaceutical contract, with the protester arguing the awardee's product violated the Trade Agreements Act because...
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