- The number of protest filings decreased by 11% from FY23. After a 22% increase between FY22 and FY23
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Percipient.ai, Inc. v. U.S.: Matters of Contract Administration Can Be Fair Game For COFC Protests, Even When They Involve a Task Order
On June 7, 2024, the Federal Circuit issued a major decision addressing bid protest jurisdiction and standing at the Court of Federal Claims (“COFC”). In Percipient.ai, Inc. v. United States, the court found that COFC has jurisdiction to hear a protest challenging a matter of contract administration — even where the matter arose in connection with a task order — and articulated a new test for standing applicable to the facts presented in that case. Continue Reading Percipient.ai, Inc. v. U.S.: Matters of Contract Administration Can Be Fair Game For COFC Protests, Even When They Involve a Task Order
GAO’s Annual Bid Protest Report: Protest Filings and Sustain Rate Soar
On Thursday, GAO released its Bid Protest Annual Report to Congress for Fiscal Year 2023, which provides bid protest statistics and other interesting information regarding GAO’s protest system.Continue Reading GAO’s Annual Bid Protest Report: Protest Filings and Sustain Rate Soar
GAO’s Annual Bid Protest Report: Number of Protests Continues to Drop While the Effectiveness Rate Remains High
- The number of protest filings dropped by 12% from FY21. After a 12% drop in FY21, protest filings went down
GAO’s Annual Report: Bid Protest Cases Filed Drop to Ten-Year Lows While the Effectiveness Rate Remains High
Last Tuesday, GAO released its Fiscal Year 2021 protest statistics, which as always contains a wealth of interesting information about GAO’s protest system.
- Protest filings dropped by 12% from FY20. After remaining fairly steady in FY19 and FY20, filings dropped in FY21, with the lowest number of cases filed
The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same: GAO’s FY 2019 Protest Statistics
GAO released its Fiscal Year 2019 protest statistics yesterday, and there are both noticeable changes and relative constants:
- Protest filings are down by 16%, which means about 400 fewer protests than FY18. The reason why is anyone’s guess, but it’s likely related in large part to GAO’s new Electronic Protest