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Protester Objected to Past Performance Evaluation, But GAO Found the Awardee Had a Better Track Record

January 27, 2026

Your Bid Protest’s Dismissal Was Not a Hallucination: GAO Loses Patience with Blind Reliance on AI-Assisted Legal Research

January 27, 2026

Informal Attempts to Resolve Adverse Agency Action Do Not Toll GAO Protest Filing Deadline

January 26, 2026

GAO Denies and Dismisses a “Coupling” of Protests

January 26, 2026

Protester Claimed Awardee Tried to Pull a Bait and Switch. GAO Wasn’t Convinced.

January 26, 2026

Protester Objected to Weaknesses Assessed to It Proposal, But GAO Found the Weaknesses Were Justified

January 23, 2026

GAO Confirms Procurements Under FAR 13 Do Not Require Agency Debriefing

January 23, 2026

GAO Says Agency’s Continued Acceptance of Quotations Amounted to Adverse Action on Agency Protest

January 23, 2026

Protester’s Proposal Spirals into Unacceptable Territory Due to Key Personnel

January 22, 2026

GAO Confirms Rule of Two Doesn’t Apply to AbilityOne Procurement

January 22, 2026

The Awardee’s Key Personnel Didn’t Meet the Minimum Requirements. Why Did GAO Still Deny the Protest?

January 22, 2026

Show Me the Benefits: GAO Denies Protest, Find Protester’s Staffing Plan Didn’t Explain Benefits

January 21, 2026

Ferme la Porte: GAO Finds Protester’s Proposal Failed to Address Door Requirements

January 21, 2026

Protester Claimed Solicitation Contained a Latent Ambiguity, But GAO Found the Solicitation Was Clear

January 21, 2026

No Interest, No Protest: The Critical Importance of Understanding the “Interested Party” Standard

January 21, 2026

Protester Argued Task Order Solicitation Exceeded Contract’s Scope. GAO Didn’t Agree.

January 20, 2026

GAO Finds Dollar Value of Awardee’s Prior Contracts Was Less Important than Protester Thought

January 20, 2026

GAO Checks the Math: An Agency’s Failure to Document OCI and Best-Value Decision Results in Sustained Protest

January 20, 2026

Supreme Court Lets Stand Ruling that Blocks Subcontractors from Protesting

January 20, 2026

GAO Sustains, Finds Agency Mishandled an Impaired Objectivity OCI

January 16, 2026