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Protester Nailed the Past Performance Factor But Couldn’t Overcome Lower Ratings on More Important Factors

January 16, 2026

Protester Contended It Should Not Have Been Disqualified for Exceeding Proposal Page Limitations. GAO Was Not Persuaded.

January 16, 2026

Supreme Court Leaves “Interested Party” Limits Intact in Percipient.ai, Reinforcing Bid Protest Standing at COFC

January 16, 2026

Protester Argued Awardee’s More Expensive Proposal Amounted to Government Waste. GAO Disagreed.

January 15, 2026

Will the Awardee Deliver? GAO Says Not Our Problem!

January 15, 2026

If You Claim Agency Bias, Be Sure to Bring the Receipts

January 15, 2026

Was the Protester’s Reference Relevant Or Somewhat Relevant? GAO Says It Didn’t Matter.

January 15, 2026

Protester Alleged Discussions Were Not Meaningful. Why Did GAO Reject this Argument?

January 14, 2026

Protester Alleged the Awardee Submitted an Untimely, Invalid Bid. But GAO Said the Awardee Validly Bid in a Reverse Auction.

January 14, 2026

Talk Is Cheap, Time Is Not: GAO Denies NOAA Oral Presentation Protest

January 14, 2026

All Things Protest: NDAA, GAO’s Annual Bid Protest Report, and an OCI Sustain

January 14, 2026

The Fate of Protest(ia): GAO and COFC Bid Protest Data is Actually Romantic

January 14, 2026

GAO Sustains, Finds Agency Applied Unstated Cost Realism Criteria

January 13, 2026

Protester Contended Sole-Source Contract Should’ve Been Offered to 8(a) Participants. GAO Begged to Differ.

January 13, 2026

The 5 Most Important Bid Protest Decisions of 2025

January 13, 2026

November 2025 Bid Protest Sustain of the Month: GAO Sustains OCI Where Awardee Was Providing Acquisition Support to the Source Selection Authority

January 13, 2026

COFC Thinks Government Might Have Breached Duty of Good Faith by Not Issuing a Task Order

January 12, 2026

GAO Affirms Protester’s Exclusion from Competition for Outdated Certification

January 12, 2026

GAO Says Awardee’s Access to Agency Budgets Was Not an Unfair Advantage

January 12, 2026

GAO Sustains, Finds Protester Should Not Have Been Penalized for Proposing “TBD” for Non-Key Personnel

January 9, 2026