Category: GAO Bid Protests

GAO Bid Protests

Why would anyone file an Agency-level protest?

Posted on July 28, 2021

Jay Blindauer

Bid protests are crucial to the proper functioning of the procurement system. For today’s overworked Contracting Officer (“CO”), the bid protest is the only real disincentive to perfunctory contract award decision-making.

The typical CO has a program...

GAO Bid Protests: Required Debriefings

Posted on June 15, 2021

Jay Blindauer

A contractor will often incur a significant cost (in time and money) to prepare and submit a proposal for a possible Government contract. If the contractor does not obtain an award, it is reasonable and appropriate to want to know why. That is...

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