Protests
GAO and Court of Federal Claims bid protest decisions, and what they mean for bidders.
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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.
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Protests
Space Force's $83.7 Million R&D Task Order Survives Price-Gap Protest
GAO rejected all three grounds of a protest challenging a $83.7 million Space Force research and development task order won at $61.4 million below the runner-up bid, finding the price gap reflected different lawful business strategies.
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Air Force's 50-Year On-Base Lodging Award to Centinel Survives Second GAO Protest
GAO dismissed Cashel Strategic's second protest of the Air Force's 50-year on-base lodging lease award to Centinel Public Partnerships, ruling Cashel lacked standing after reevaluation left it rated unacceptable with three offerors ranked ahead of it under Solicitation AFCOBL-25-0001.
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GAO Tosses Raven Advisory's Protest Over $4M Price Gap
GAO dismissed Raven Advisory's protest of a SOF medic-training award to Ragged Edge Solutions, finding one challenge untimely and no prejudice given Ragged Edge's roughly $4 million lower price under the LPTA solicitation.
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OHA Strips SDVOSB Status From VA Oxygen Awardee
SBA OHA sustained two status protests and found Apnea Care, Inc. ineligible for a VA home-oxygen contract, ruling a veteran who owned 51 percent did not control the firm because his shares were pledged to a $3M note and a non-veteran held veto rights.
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Palantir Protests DIA's ASTRA Custom-Software Solicitation, Freezing the SITE III Task Order
Palantir filed a pre-award GAO protest on July 20, 2026 against DIA's ASTRA solicitation, arguing FASA and a 2009 NDAA provision require commercial software over custom development. A pre-award CICA stay freezes the ASTRA procurement; GAO rules by October 28, 2026.
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Blank SAM.gov Box Sinks ProSource360's Late Army Protest
GAO dismissed ProSource360's protest of an Army set-aside as untimely, ruling that a blank SAM.gov set-aside field created ambiguity, not misrepresentation, and that constructive notice of the posted RFP started the clock the moment it hit the Government Point of Entry.
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Navy Keeps 5-Employee Bar as SPARC JV Loses at GAO
GAO denied SPARC JV's pre-award protest of a Navy pilot-courseware recompete, upholding a requirement that offerors show experience managing five or more Service Contract Labor Standards employees. The agency's documented rational basis carried the day.
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Sole-Source Iraq Base Support Award to Vectrus Survives Sallyport Protest
The Court of Federal Claims upheld the Air Force's sole-source award to Vectrus for base operations and security at an Iraqi air base, rejecting incumbent Sallyport's bribery-based challenge while holding that FMS sole-source awards remain protestable.
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One Missing Form Ends a $35M Navy SeaPort NxG Bid
GAO denied AOC Applied Solutions' protest after the Navy eliminated its bid for a $35M-plus SeaPort NxG engineering task order over a missing DD Form 1423. The agency waived one omission but not the other — the difference was whether the data existed elsewhere in the proposal.
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Lost Email Costs CVJV a Seat on $99M Army MATOC
GAO denied CVJV LLC's protest over a missing extension email on the Army's $99M Natick construction MATOC, holding that an offeror must prove the agency received its submission, not just that it was sent.
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Blind-Vendor Priority Upheld in Tyndall Mess Protest
GAO denied J Caye Premier Dining's protest of an Air Force resolicitation for mess attendant work at Tyndall AFB, ruling the duties are integral to operating the mess facility and trigger Randolph-Sheppard Act priority for blind vendors.
