Protests
GAO and Court of Federal Claims bid protest decisions, and what they mean for bidders.
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Protests
SAIC Loses GAO Protest Over $1.4B Army Corps CASTLE-NET Award to Accenture
GAO denied SAIC's bid protest over the Army Corps of Engineers' $1.4B CASTLE-NET enterprise IT contract award to Accenture Federal Services, finding the agency's evaluation of proposals was reasonable and consistent with the solicitation's stated criteria.
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GAO Denies Servexo Protest Over USDA Security Contract at NBAF
The GAO on June 8, 2026 denied Servexo Protective Services' bid protest against the USDA's $25,519,755 award of a security guard contract at the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility, finding the agency's price reasonableness determination and technical evaluation were reasonable.
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Protests
GAO Denies TechGlobal Protest of NOAA Office of Coast Survey IT Support Award
GAO denied all three grounds of TechGlobal Inc.'s bid protest against an IT support services task order award by NOAA's Office of Coast Survey, finding the agency's evaluation of technical and management approaches was reasonable and consistent with the solicitation.
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How to File a GAO Bid Protest in 2026: Deadlines, the Automatic Stay, and Your Real Odds
GAO sustained just 14% of protests on the merits last year — but 52% of protesters got relief. A practical guide to bid protests in 2026: who has standing, the 10-day and 5-day clocks, the CICA automatic stay, EPDS filing, and what the FY2025 numbers actually say about when protesting is worth it.
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Protests
GAO Denies Mustang Survival Protest of Navy Submarine Escape Suit Award, Upholds LPTA Price Reasonableness Finding
GAO denied Mustang Survival's protest of a Navy SESSPE suit award to RFD Beaufort, ruling that LPTA procurements do not require price realism analysis and that the contracting officer reasonably evaluated RFD Beaufort's unit price — approximately 20 percent below the prior contract price — and SPRS past-performance data.
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GAO Sustains Owl International Re-Protest of $214M Navy ESSM Award Over Proposal-Revision Scope
GAO has again sustained a protest by Owl International over a roughly $214 million Navy ESSM contract awarded to PCCI, finding the Navy improperly limited final proposal revisions to price only after amending the solicitation to remove FAR 52.222-46.
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Protests
Court of Federal Claims Tosses CSI Aviation Protest of $915M ICE Deportation-Flight Award to Salus, Citing Lack of Standing
The U.S. Court of Federal Claims dismissed CSI Aviation's protest of a $915M ICE deportation-flight contract awarded to Salus Worldwide, holding CSI lacked standing because it never showed it could perform the work. The award stands despite a compressed, non-competitive procurement.
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GAO Dismisses Metro East's Protest of CDC Sole-Source Guard-Services Extension as Untimely — Clock Started at the SAM.gov Posting
GAO dismissed Metro East Joint Venture's protest (B-424392) of a CDC sole-source guard-services extension to incumbent Chenega as untimely. The 10-day clock began with the January 27 SAM.gov justification posting, not the March 25 option exercise, making the April 6 filing over two months late.
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GAO Sustains N&S Property Services Protest After ICE's Corrective-Action Reevaluation Again Picked a Higher-Priced Awardee
GAO sustained N&S Property Services' protest of ICE's 8(a) O&M award at Fort Benning after corrective action. The reevaluation applied unstated criteria, added undocumented 'raises confidence' findings for higher-priced KCorp, and tainted the best-value tradeoff, establishing prejudice.
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CICA Stay Override Challenges: Federal Circuit Clarifies the Standard but Practical Barriers Remain High
Procurement attorneys say the Federal Circuit's recent ruling clarifying the legal standard for challenging CICA stay overrides has made the law more predictable — but has not made winning any easier, as agencies retain strong deference in override decisions and the declaratory judgment route remains costly and slow.
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GAO Issues Guidance on Stay Override Challenges and Declaratory Judgment in Bid Protests
The Government Accountability Office clarified agency obligations when overriding automatic bid-protest stays under CICA, and addressed how protestors may seek declaratory judgment in federal court when overrides occur.
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NDAA Section 875 Protest Penalties Take Effect in June — What Incumbents Need to Know
Starting in June 2026, contracting officers may withhold up to five percent of payments from incumbents whose GAO protests are found frivolous under NDAA Section 875. The Federal Circuit has also clarified the proper legal vehicle for challenging agency override of automatic protest stays.
