Welcome to the weekly online journal focused entirely on GAO Bid Protests of Federal Government contract awards brought to you by the Government Contracts Practice Group at General Counsel, P.C.. This site will be updated at least once a week with analysis and summaries of the latest GAO Bid Protest decisions and information to help professionals and business owners make informed decisions on protesting a contract solicitation or award.

Search our archives past GAO protest decisions and come back often to keep up to date on the latest trends and legal decisions in Bid Protests. If you have questions about filing a Bid Protest or you were awarded a contract that has been protested, please contact the editor immediately as missing a filing deadline is the quickest way to lose your right to protest or defend your award.

Past Performance Archive

  • Link:         GAO Opinion Agency:    Department of Homeland Security Disposition:  Protest denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO denied the protest of ABSG Consulting, Inc. (ABSG), a small business, regarding the award of a contract to Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc. (BAH), by the Department of Homeland Security,...

    ABSG Consulting, Inc., B-407956; B-407956.2, April 18, 2013

    Link:         GAO Opinion Agency:    Department of Homeland Security Disposition:  Protest denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO denied the protest of ABSG Consulting, Inc. (ABSG), a small business, regarding the award of a contract to Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc. (BAH), by the Department of Homeland Security,...

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  • Link:         GAO Opinion Agency:    Department of Defense          Disposition:  Protest denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight:  GAO denied the protest of American Apparel, Inc., based on the award of a contract to Bluewater Defense by the Department of Defense, Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), under a request for...

    American Apparel, Inc., B-407399.2, April 30, 2013

    Link:         GAO Opinion Agency:    Department of Defense          Disposition:  Protest denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight:  GAO denied the protest of American Apparel, Inc., based on the award of a contract to Bluewater Defense by the Department of Defense, Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), under a request for...

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  • Link:         GAO Opinion Agency:    National Aeronautics and Space Administration       Disposition:  Protest denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight:  GAO denied the protest of Unispec Enterprises, Inc., based on the award of a contract to Wichita Tribal Enterprises, LLC, under a request for proposals (RFP), issued by the...

    Unispec Enterprises, Inc., B-407937; B-407937.2, April 16, 2013

    Link:         GAO Opinion Agency:    National Aeronautics and Space Administration       Disposition:  Protest denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight:  GAO denied the protest of Unispec Enterprises, Inc., based on the award of a contract to Wichita Tribal Enterprises, LLC, under a request for proposals (RFP), issued by the...

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  • Link:         GAO Opinion Agency:    Department of the Navy Disposition:  Protest denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO denied the protest of Halfaker and Associates, LLC, regarding the issuance of a task order to Native Hawaiian Veterans, LLC (NHV), by the Department of the Navy, Naval Supply...

    Halfaker and Associates, LLC, B-407919; B-407919.2, April 10, 2013

    Link:         GAO Opinion Agency:    Department of the Navy Disposition:  Protest denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO denied the protest of Halfaker and Associates, LLC, regarding the issuance of a task order to Native Hawaiian Veterans, LLC (NHV), by the Department of the Navy, Naval Supply...

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  • Link:         GAO Opinion Agency:    Department of Homeland Security Disposition:  Protest denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO denied the protest of Burke Consortium, Inc., based on the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) decision not to award Burke a contract under a request for proposals (RFP) for...

    Burke Consortium, Inc., B-407273.3; B-407273.5, February 7, 2013

    Link:         GAO Opinion Agency:    Department of Homeland Security Disposition:  Protest denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO denied the protest of Burke Consortium, Inc., based on the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) decision not to award Burke a contract under a request for proposals (RFP) for...

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  • Link:         GAO Opinion Agency:    Defense Administration Systems Agency Disposition:  Protest denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight:  GAO denied the protest of Computer World Services Corporation (CWS), regarding the Defense Information Systems Agency’s (DISA) award of a contract to Vykin Corporation, under a request for proposals (RFP),...

    Computer World Services Corporation, B-407783, February 15, 2013

    Link:         GAO Opinion Agency:    Defense Administration Systems Agency Disposition:  Protest denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight:  GAO denied the protest of Computer World Services Corporation (CWS), regarding the Defense Information Systems Agency’s (DISA) award of a contract to Vykin Corporation, under a request for proposals (RFP),...

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  • Link:         GAO Opinion Agency:    Department of Health and Human Services Disposition:  Protests denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight:  GAO denied the protests of Palmetto GBA, LLC, and CGS Administrators, LLC, based on the award of a contract to Noridian Administrative Services, LLC, under a request for proposals (RFP),...

    Palmetto GBA, LLC; CGS Administrators, LLC, B-407668, -.2, -.3, -.4, January 18, 2013

    Link:         GAO Opinion Agency:    Department of Health and Human Services Disposition:  Protests denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight:  GAO denied the protests of Palmetto GBA, LLC, and CGS Administrators, LLC, based on the award of a contract to Noridian Administrative Services, LLC, under a request for proposals (RFP),...

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  • Link:         GAO Opinion Agency:    National Aeronautics and Space Administration Disposition:  Protest denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight:  GAO denied the protest of Building Operations Support Services (BOSS), LLC, based on the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) award of a contract to Chugach Federal Solutions, Inc.,...

    Building Operations Support Services, LLC, B-407711; B-407711.2, January 28, 2013

    Link:         GAO Opinion Agency:    National Aeronautics and Space Administration Disposition:  Protest denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight:  GAO denied the protest of Building Operations Support Services (BOSS), LLC, based on the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) award of a contract to Chugach Federal Solutions, Inc.,...

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  • Link: GAO Decision Protestor: NikSoft Systems Corporation Agency: Department of the Treasury Disposition: Protest Denied. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Agency reasonably concluded that protester’s responses to agency’s discussions questions introduced risk regarding the level of resources that protester was committing to perform the fixed-price portion of...

    NikSoft Systems Corporation, B-407195, B-407195.2, November 27, 2012

    Link: GAO Decision Protestor: NikSoft Systems Corporation Agency: Department of the Treasury Disposition: Protest Denied. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Agency reasonably concluded that protester’s responses to agency’s discussions questions introduced risk regarding the level of resources that protester was committing to perform the fixed-price portion of...

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  • Link: GAO Decision Protestor: TestVonics, Inc. Agency: Department of the Air Force Disposition: Protest Denied. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest that agency unreasonably and unfairly evaluated the past performance of the protester and awardee is denied where record shows that agency’s evaluation was reasonable, consistent with...

    TestVonics, Inc., B-406700.3, December 4, 2012

    Link: GAO Decision Protestor: TestVonics, Inc. Agency: Department of the Air Force Disposition: Protest Denied. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest that agency unreasonably and unfairly evaluated the past performance of the protester and awardee is denied where record shows that agency’s evaluation was reasonable, consistent with...

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