Home Law What Happens to Bid Protests During a Shutdown? LawNews What Happens to Bid Protests During a Shutdown? January 26, 2018 23 Share FacebookLinkedinTwitter You must be a Paid or Free Trial Member to Access this Content. Paid members, please login to view your news subscription(s). More at Federal Computer Week RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR Law Protester Argued Agency Didn’t Properly Assess Price Realism. But GAO Said an Evaluation of Realism Was Unnecessary. Law GAO Says a Chinese-Owned Provider Presented a National Security Risk for a TNT Contract Law The Protester Argued the Agency Had Improperly Waived First Article Testing for the Awardee. GAO Didn’t See It that Way.