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If You Claim Agency Bias, Be Sure to Bring the Receipts
Was the Protester’s Reference Relevant Or Somewhat Relevant? GAO Says It Didn’t Matter.
Protester Alleged Discussions Were Not Meaningful. Why Did GAO Reject this Argument?
Protester Alleged the Awardee Submitted an Untimely, Invalid Bid. But GAO Said the Awardee Validly Bid in a Reverse Auction.
Talk Is Cheap, Time Is Not: GAO Denies NOAA Oral Presentation Protest
All Things Protest: NDAA, GAO’s Annual Bid Protest Report, and an OCI Sustain
The Fate of Protest(ia): GAO and COFC Bid Protest Data is Actually Romantic
GAO Sustains, Finds Agency Applied Unstated Cost Realism Criteria
Protester Contended Sole-Source Contract Should’ve Been Offered to 8(a) Participants. GAO Begged to Differ.
The 5 Most Important Bid Protest Decisions of 2025
November 2025 Bid Protest Sustain of the Month: GAO Sustains OCI Where Awardee Was Providing Acquisition Support to the Source Selection Authority
COFC Thinks Government Might Have Breached Duty of Good Faith by Not Issuing a Task Order
GAO Affirms Protester’s Exclusion from Competition for Outdated Certification
GAO Says Awardee’s Access to Agency Budgets Was Not an Unfair Advantage
GAO Sustains, Finds Protester Should Not Have Been Penalized for Proposing “TBD” for Non-Key Personnel
GAO Backs Agency’s Choice of Lower-Priced, Technically Inferior Proposal
Protester Claimed Its Proposed Dashboard Satisfied Solicitation Requirements. GAO Wasn’t Convinced.
GAO Says Protester Must Be Eligible Before Challenging Awardee’s Eligibility
Awardee’s Proposed Program Manager Had Accepted a Job with Another Company. Why Didn’t GAO Think the Awardee Had Misrepresented the Manager’s Availability?
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