The Odds of Winning a Bid Protest: GAO Releases Its Annual Report

Peckar & Abramson – Contractors who are thinking about filing a bid protest generally have one overriding question: What are the odds that I’ll win my protest?  Of course, the odds of winning will depend upon a number of factors, including the basis for the protest and the facts that support the protest. Recently, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released its annual report to Congress providing data on protests that were filed with GAO during Fiscal Year 2019 as compared to Fiscal Years 2015-2018.  While GAO’s report is not an indicator of the success of any specific protest, it does provide some interesting insight.