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GAO's FY25 Bid Protest Report to Congress Shows Protests are Down, Effectiveness Remains Steady
On December 12, the U.S. Government Accountability Office ("GAO") published its Bid Protest Annual Report to Congress for Fiscal Year 2025 . Required under the Competition in Contracting Act ("CICA"), GAO's bid protest report is noteworthy because it provides a peek into GAO's protest function, including key statistics and GAO's most prevalent grounds on which it sustained bid protests during FY25. [1] Below is a snapshot of the report, including four takeaways. Government c

Joshua Duvall
Dec 23, 20253 min read
Alert: Using Sanctions, GAO Dismisses Protest Where Protester Used Non-Existent Citations and Cases
In what appears to be a first, the Government Accountability Office ("GAO") used its sanctions authority to dismiss a protest ( Oready,...

Joshua Duvall
Sep 26, 20252 min read
#GovConThoughts: GAO Protest Highlights Timeliness Trap for Solicitation Challenges
[My #govconthoughts series provides a quick take on recent developments in the government contracting space.] The recent Government...

Joshua Duvall
Sep 25, 20252 min read
#GovConThoughts: Bid Protest Highlights GAO's Strict Timeliness Rules and Reminds Firms of the Dangers of Using AI for Brief Writing
[My #govconthoughts series provides a quick take on recent developments in the government contracting space.] Quick Take GAO's bid...

Joshua Duvall
Jul 17, 20254 min read
#GovConThoughts: GAO Decision Shows that Agencies May Reject Bids for Failing to Adhere to Solicitation Instructions
[My #govconthoughts series provides a quick take on recent developments in the government contracting space.] A recent U.S. Government...

Joshua Duvall
Apr 28, 20253 min read
With the President's Signature, FY25 NDAA Increased GAO's Task Order Jurisdictional Threshold
On December 23, 2024, President Biden announced that he signed into law the “Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National...

Joshua Duvall
Dec 30, 20241 min read
#GovConThoughts: GAO Protest Decision Highlights Interplay Between Q&As and Solicitation Terms
[ My #govconthoughts series provides a quick take on recent developments in the government contracting space .] A recent U.S....

Joshua Duvall
Dec 30, 20243 min read
The Full Federal Circuit to Hear Percipient.ai Bid Protest, Limiting Argument to Interested Party Standing
And so it begins – On Friday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ("Federal Circuit") issued an order that vacated the...

Joshua Duvall
Nov 25, 20243 min read
7 (Other) Reasons to Intervene in Bid Protests: What Awardees Need to Know
With just a week to go in FY24, federal agencies are rushing to spend those "use it or lose it" dollars. And while there are a number of...

Joshua Duvall
Sep 23, 20245 min read
#GovConThoughts: GAO Decision Provides Cautionary Reminder on Page Limitations in Solicitations
[ My #govconthoughts series provides a quick take on recent developments in the government contracting space .] A recent Government...

Joshua Duvall
Sep 10, 20242 min read












