Protests
GAO and Court of Federal Claims bid protest decisions, and what they mean for bidders.
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Protests
One Missing Letter Sinks Sensis's Secret Service Ad-Contract Protest
GAO dismissed Sensis Inc.'s protest of a five-year Secret Service recruitment advertising contract as untimely after the small business emailed its filing to "[email protected]" instead of the correct "[email protected]" during a GAO filing-system outage.
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Protests
GAO Sustains FusionEdge Protest Over USCIS IT Recompete
GAO found DHS had no documented basis for excluding FusionEdge Solutions from a third task-order award on USCIS's $425M+ RIVER IT recompete, ordering the agency to redo the call and awarding FusionEdge its protest costs.
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Space Force Ordered to Kill LAAFB Task Order Under $5.7B EITaaS Contract
GAO sustained Ares Enterprise's protest, finding a Los Angeles Air Force Base IT task order under the $5.7B EITaaS BPA far exceeded the contract's actual scope, and ordered the Space Force to terminate Vision's order and recompete the work.
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Interior Owes Legal Fees After Botching Bixal Conflict Check
GAO recommended the Interior Department reimburse Viderity Inc.'s attorneys' fees, finding Interior's probe into an evaluator's undisclosed conflict of interest with Bixal Solutions was unreasonable and its corrective action unduly delayed, per a Sept. 1, 2026 decision.
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Protests
$11.3 Million Library of Congress Web-Harvesting Award Survives GAO Protest
GAO denied MirrorWeb's protest of the Library of Congress's web-harvesting award to Internet Archive, rejecting a 558-percent price challenge after MirrorWeb's technical proposal was found unacceptable over a failed crawl test.
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Protests
GAO Orders Agency to Pay Protester's Fees in COI Case
GAO ruled Interior must reimburse Viderity Inc.'s protest costs after finding the agency's HHS-linked conflict-of-interest probe was unreasonable — it never asked awardee Bixal about the evaluator's paid consulting ties.
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GAO Sustains Protest Over CMS's $52M Training Award
GAO sustained DAS Federal's protest of a $52.3M CMS task order awarded to Precise Federal, finding CMS applied unstated evaluation criteria and never reconciled contradictory scoring of DAS's proposal. CMS must reevaluate and redo its award decision.
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Protests
DLA's $10.3M Alaska Utilities Task Order Survives Price-vs-Performance Challenge
GAO denied C.H. Guernsey's protest of a $10.3M DLA task order awarded to ScottMadden for Alaska utilities privatization support, ruling the agency reasonably favored the lower price over Guernsey's stronger past-performance rating.
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GAO Sustains Protest, CMS Must Redo $52M IT Contract
GAO sustained DAS Federal's protest of a $52M CMS IT support award, finding the agency penalized the lower-priced bidder for following solicitation instructions and that its own evaluation record contradicted its no-benefit conclusion. CMS must redo the evaluation and cover DAS Federal's protest costs.
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Protests
VA's SDVOSB Timing Rule Survives GAO Protest Challenge
GAO upholds VA authority to require SDVOSB status at contract award, not just proposal submission, after a joint venture lost its veteran-owned eligibility mid-procurement following a partner buyout.
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Protests
GAO Backs BIE's Speech Therapist Commitment Letter Rule
GAO denied Oready LLC's protest of a BIE speech-therapy solicitation, backing the agency's requirement for signed individual commitment letters after past staffing no-shows under employer-only certifications.
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Protests
VA Outpatient Clinic Award Survives Protest After Acquisition Voids Bidder's SDVOSB Status
GAO denied Potomac Valor Healthcare-2's protest of its elimination from a VA outpatient clinic procurement, ruling the joint venture lost its SDVOSB status when its managing member, Potomac Healthcare Solutions, was acquired by joint-venture partner Valor Healthcare, leaving the VA's award to Primary Care Solutions intact.
