Protests
GAO and Court of Federal Claims bid protest decisions, and what they mean for bidders.
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Protests
Chainalysis Sues Over ICE's $94.6M Sole-Source Crypto-Forensics Award to TRM Labs
Chainalysis Government Solutions is challenging ICE's sole-source award of a roughly $94.6 million blockchain-forensics contract to TRM Labs, arguing the agency's justification was arbitrary and unreasonable.
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GAO Sustains Protest Over Army's MAPS Teaming Ban
GAO sustained a small business's protest of the Army's MAPS solicitation, ruling the ban on small-business teaming arrangements alongside joint ventures violates the Small Business Act. The Army must amend the solicitation and reopen the procurement for revised proposals.
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Protests
Army's $35M SETA Recompete Survives Third DCS Protest
GAO let a $35M Army SETA recompete proceed despite an internal email saying a role would 'transition to the SETA contract with Amentum,' ruling the message alone doesn't prove bad faith in DCS Corporation's third protest of the procurement.
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Praescient Protest of $58M CPSC Data BPA Falls Short; MindPetal Keeps First Call Order
GAO upheld CPSC's rejection of Praescient Analytics' quotation as unacceptable — needing a "major rewrite" — leaving the six-firm, $58M data-management BPA and MindPetal's $2.96M first call order intact, and dismissed the best-value challenge because the rejected vendor was not an interested party.
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Protests
VA Ordered to Redo Past-Performance Review on Appraisal Management Contract After GAO Ruling
GAO sustained Veros Real Estate Solutions' protest of a VA appraisal management award, finding the agency wrongly credited winner Lynch Consultants with government-performed work; VA must redo the evaluation and cover Veros' protest costs.
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TRAX Sues Army Over AI 'Hallucinations' in $450M White Sands Contract Award
TRAX International is asking the Court of Federal Claims to force a reevaluation of the $450M White Sands mission-support award, alleging the Army's AI evaluation tool fabricated a weakness against its bid after GAO denied its earlier protest.
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Army's $50B MAPS Vehicle Survives Protest Built on File-Naming Dispute, Fake AI Citation
GAO dismissed a protest against the Army's $50 billion MAPS IDIQ after finding the protester's own file-naming errors, not solicitation ambiguity, caused its proposal rejection, and flagged a citation to a non-existent legal case.
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Protests
GAO Rejects Red Cat's Challenge to $53M Skydio Drone Order
GAO denied Red Cat Holdings' protest of a $52.9M DLA drone order to Atlantic Diving Supply, ruling Red Cat lacked standing to challenge the Skydio X10D brand-name designation since it doesn't hold the underlying IDIQ.
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Protests
Barnard Construction Holds $1.6B Border Wall Task Order After GAO Dismissal
GAO dismissed SLS Federal Services' protest of a $1.6B CBP task order for El Paso Sector border barrier work awarded to Barnard Construction, ruling SLS's challenge to the IDIQ terms was untimely and that SLS, never solicited by CBP, lacked standing to protest.
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Protests
VA's Uber Health Rideshare Deal Survives Court Challenge
The Court of Federal Claims dismissed the bid-protest count in 28 Trans, LLC's challenge to the VA's Uber Health rideshare deal, ruling it isn't a Tucker Act procurement. The veteran-owned contractor's breach-of-contract claims over lost bookings proceed toward an Aug. 6, 2026 government answer.
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Protests
Army's Corrective-Action Do-Over on SAM Registration Rule Survives Mitchell Consulting's Court Challenge
The Court of Federal Claims upheld the Army's decision to redo its evaluation of a support-services competition under an updated SAM.gov registration clause, rejecting Mitchell Consulting's claim that the Army rewrote the rule to save rival DTESS after a 48-hour registration lapse -- with a final award decision still pending.
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Protests
Space Force Picks $61M Cheaper Bid Over Higher-Rated Rival
GAO denied IESE's protest of a Space Force R&D task order after the agency picked ITSC's $83.7M bid over IESE's $145.2M quote, even though IESE scored higher on staffing and compensation risk.
