10-Day Deadline for Automatic CICA Stay Begins When Protester is Notified of Award and Possible Protest Grounds, Not Contract Award Date; COFC No. 16-1365C, Favor TechConsulting LLC v. United States

Request for an injunction directing the agency to institute an automatic stay of performance under the Competition in Contracting Act pending the resolution of a bid protest before the Government Accountability Office is granted, where the protester filed its challenge within 10 days of the notice of award, and where the agency failed to demonstrate the protester should have known of the contract award prior to receiving notification from the agency.