As we have reported over the past several years, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) is a legislative agency which is empowered with jurisdiction to hear certain bid protests (in addition to agencies themselves...more
Case Study: GAO Bid Protest. Recently, the firm’s Government Contracts team — led by Larry Prosen with support from Gunjan Talati, Nick Nieto, and Jarett Dillard — successfully defended an award for Larry Prosen’s client,...more
As another calendar year rapidly comes to a close, the Federal Government Fiscal Year ended on September 30, 2018. As a result, the annual requirement that the U.S. Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) files its annual...more
If you participate in the government contracts universe, you know the law affords you the opportunity to pursue bid protests. Bid protests are generally disputes involving either (a) the terms of a solicitation (invitation...more
After much testing, inquiry of industry and rulemaking, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has formally issued new rules that provide updated e-filing methods and systems as well as fees—yes, fees—for filing and...more
As required by the Competition in Contracting Act of 1984, 31 U.S.C. §§3554 et al. (CICA), the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has certain bid protest-related jurisdiction over executive agencies. As part of its...more
As we previously discussed both on this blog and elsewhere, observational and indirect evidence told us that the use of Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (“IDIQ”) contracts was expanding. As it turns out, from...more
In its March 9, 2017 report entitled, “Contracting Data Analysis – Assessment of Government-Wide Trends”, GAO No. GAO-17-244SP (the “Report”), GAO has found that defense obligations for products and services decreased by a...more
On June 16, 2016 the Supreme Court of the United States (“SCOTUS”) issued its much anticipated decision in the Kingdomware Technologies, Inc. v. United States case (“Kingdomware”). One of two important cases, both decided on...more