Short Procurement Deadline? GAO says it Doesn’t Impact Protest Timing Rules
As anyone in the federal contracting line of work knows, deadlines come at you fast and hard. In a recent GAO decision, GAO refused to relax the timeliness rules associated with protests of...
View Article“We Don’t Do Option Year Challenges,” Says GAO
Most federal contracts are structured with a base period with a number of option periods that can be exercised at the agency’s discretion. But what happens if an option year goes unexercised?...
View ArticleNo Time for Sleep? GAO says Short Bid Window was Reasonable
The protester in a recent mattress procurement case won’t sleep easy after GAO’s decision. In Warrior Service Company, B-417612 (Aug.16, 2019), GAO reminded protesters that one week can be a...
View ArticleCOFC: No Jurisdiction Over Bundling of Contracts into Task Order
When considering where to file a bid protest, you have options at the agency level, Government Accountability Office, and Court of Federal Claims. But not all options are available for protests of...
View ArticleAn Agency’s Broken Promise is Not GAO’s Problem
GAO recently dismissed a challenge to the terms of a solicitation—even though those terms directly contradicted the procuring agency’s promise made during a prior protest of the solicitation. Is that...
View ArticleYouTube Tuesday: Why Should You File Bid Protests at GAO?
We here at Koprince Law have been seeing a lot of GAO bid protests lately, but for those of you unfamiliar with the Government Accountability Office and what it means to file a bid protest, this video...
View ArticleGAO Clarifies Increase-the-Scope Exception For Task Order Jurisdiction
GAO may only consider protests to civilian agency task or delivery orders under $10,000,000 if the protests allege that the order increases the scope, period, or maximum value of the underlying...
View ArticleGAO: Non-Procurement Regulations No Grounds for Protest
The grounds for GAO protests are numerous, ranging from vague terms in a solicitation to showing that an awardee’s proposal lacked needed information. However, they are not unlimited. One protester...
View ArticleBack to Basics: GAO’s Protest Timeliness Rules
Here in Kansas, it is certainly starting to feel like thunderstorm season–and one of my favorite seasons, I might add. But over in D.C., some may say it is starting to feel like protest season! That...
View ArticleGAO: Small Task Order Protesters Can Protest Scope of Task Order
Congress has made it pretty tough to file a protest against a task order. For one thing, task order protests can generally only occur at the Government Accountability Office (GAO). For another, if a...
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