New York state’s budget is the second largest in the country, and with it, New York has some of the most developed state acquisition laws and procedures in the country. Accordingly, New York provides comparatively robust bid protest rights when it comes to state-level bid protests. New York’s bid protest process is similar to federal
Key Takeaways from GAO’s Annual Bid Protest Report
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently issued to Congress its annual bid protest report. As discussed below, this year’s report is noteworthy for multiple reasons, including that it shows that protesters received some form of relief from the procuring agency in more than half of the protests filed with the GAO in FY 2020,
Enhanced Debriefing End Date Still Unresolved: DOJ Seeks to Overturn “NIKA Technologies”
A few months ago, we wrote about how the U.S. Court of Federal Claims (COFC) had defined when the protest clock starts running for a stay of contract performance pending a bid protest if the Department of Defense’s (DOD) enhanced post-award debriefing procedures are used. The case was NIKA Technologies, Inc. v. United States,
10 Reasons to Intervene in Bid Protests
As we noted recently, the number of bid protest filings peaks in October as a result of increased government spending at the end of the government’s fiscal year, which ends September 30. Thus, our previous article provided a fiscal year-end refresher for government contractors on the process for intervening in bid protests at both
Intervention in Bid Protests: A Fiscal Year-End Refresher
As a result of increased government spending at the end of the government’s fiscal year — which is the 12-month period beginning on October 1 and ending on September 30 — the number of bid protest filings peaks in October. Accordingly, government contractors should be particularly mindful this time of year of their rights
Now There’s Something You Don’t See Every Day: A Subcontractor Intervening in a Bid Protest
Fans of the classic 1960s cartoon series Rocky and Bullwinkle may recall two minor characters, Chauncey and Edgar, who commented on the action by saying something like this: “Now there’s something you don’t see every day, Edgar.” “What’s that, Chauncey?” And then Chauncey would tell the joke, such as it was. (It usually wasn’t much.)
Gimme Some Money! – Recent GAO Cases on Recovering Bid Protest Costs
Although the film This Is Spinal Tap was released in 1984, a bid protest attorney whose client has gotten corrective action or had a protest sustained might still hum along with that film’s song, Gimme Some Money, when thinking about the recovery of protest costs. A protester’s urge to “turn it up to eleven”
When Does an Enhanced Debriefing Close? A Recent Court Decision Explains
One might forget these days that bid protests are still going on. But they are, and a recent Court of Federal Claims (COFC) case provides insight into the timeliness of protests for the purpose of obtaining a stay of contract performance when filed under the enhanced debriefing procedures of the Department of Defense (DOD).
Background
The 5 Most Important Bid Protest Decisions of 2019
Bradley attorneys Aron Beezley, Patrick Quigley, Sarah Osborne, and Lisa Markman recently published a Law360 Expert Analysis article on the five most important bid protest decisions of 2019: NetCentrics Corp. v. United States, PAE-Parsons Global Logistics Services, LLC v. United States, Space Exploration Technologies Corp. v. United States, Oracle America, Inc. v.
GAO Issues Rare Advisory Opinions
Recently, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued two advisory opinions relating to protests currently before the U.S. Court of Federal Claims (COFC). See AECOM Mgmt. 
Servs., Inc.–Advisory Opinion, B-417506.12, Sept. 18, 2019; see also PAE-Parsons Global Logistics Servs., LLC–Advisory Opinion, B-417506.13, Oct. 18, 2019. The decisions themselves do not involve unique issues, but