How the GAO's “Non|Binding” Bid Protest Decisions Create ...

How the GAO's “Non-Binding” Bid Protest Decisions Create ...

Once a topic is identified, a proposed rule could be written and submitted for consideration. A proposed rule might seek to codify a standard from a particular ...

FAQs | U.S. GAO - Government Accountability Office

We do not make public routine dismissals of protests. How quickly are bid protest decisions released? Decisions are generally released to the public shortly ...

A Concise Guide to Bid Protests at the Court of Federal Claims

Although generally a quicker and cheaper alternative to the COFC, GAO decisions are non-binding. Experienced bid protest attorneys make GAO ...

What You Must Know About Bid Protest Procedures

It can then suspend the contract performance or stay the contract award. A decision from the GAO typically takes 100 days or less from the ...

GAO DECISIONS MAY NOT BE BINDING, BUT THEY CANNOT BE ...

Government contracts professionals know that the decisions on bid protests issued by the Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) are only recommendations to ...

Avoiding Common Bid Protest Mistakes Pt. 9: Forum Selection and ...

First, the initial agency protest must have been filed in accordance with GAO deadline rules, which means that GAO rules need to be taken into ...

A Practitioner's Road Map to GAO Bid Protests - Smith Currie

The biggest disadvantage of GAO protests may be that the GAO's decision serves as a non-binding recommendation to the agency. However, this ...

GAO-18-510SP, Bid Protests at GAO: A Descriptive Guide

statutes, a binding court decision, or when experience dictates that a modification is ... GAO's goal is to make public a meaningful and transparent decision.

Government Contract Bid Protests: Analysis of Legal Processes and ...

Procuring agency decisions and. GAO bid protest recommendations, on the other hand, are not legally binding. Furthermore, interested parties ...

33.104 Protests to GAO. - Acquisition.GOV

(2) Immediately after receipt of the GAO's written notice that a protest has been filed, the agency shall give notice of the protest to the contractor if the ...

Has the GAO Opened the Door to Certain Other Transaction (OT ...

(May 28, 2024), finding the Office has jurisdiction over protests challenging the award of non-procurement instruments – like OTs – if the ...

Bid Protests at GAO: A Descriptive Guide

GAO changes its regulations from time to time because of changes in applicable statutes, a binding court decision, or when experience dictates that a.

GAO's Bid Protest Jurisdiction Doesn't “Follow the Money” -

In short, GAO's bid protest jurisdiction is limited. The critical question is decision-making authority. If an organization other than a federal ...

Bid Protests: GAO or the Courts - Contract Award Process

For example, COFC could “rule from the bench” on such smaller-value protests and not be required to generate written decisions. (This would ...

March 2024 Bid Protest Roundup: “Each Procurement Stands on Its ...

In our bid protest roundup for March, we consider three recent decisions of the Government Accountability Office (GAO).

Government Contract Bid Protests: Analysis of Legal Processes and ...

Procuring agency decisions and. GAO bid protest recommendations, on the other hand, are not legally binding. Furthermore, interested parties ...

4 CFR Part 21 -- Bid Protest Regulations - eCFR

(g) Unless precluded by law, GAO will not withhold material submitted by a protester from any party outside the government after issuing a decision on the ...

Government Accountability Office Modernizes Written Decisions on ...

For example, the GAO cannot review bid protests of task or delivery orders under a multiple-award contract issued by civilian or Department of ...

Government Accountability Office, Administrative Practice and ...

GAO response: GAO does not agree that the fee should be automatically reimbursed by GAO if a protest is sustained. Instead, paragraph (d) of 4 ...

Part 33 Protests, Disputes, and Appeals | Acquisition.GOV

If there is an agency appellate review of the contracting officer's decision on the protest, it will not extend GAO's timeliness requirements.