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.

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Trade Agreement Act Archive

  • Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Government Printing Office Disposition: Protest denied. Keywords: Terms of the Solicitation; Buy American Act; Trade Agreement Act General Counsel P.C. Highlight: The Buy American Act requires that only domestic end products be acquired for public use. In comparison, the Trade Agreements Act...

    HID Global, Inc., B-403103, September 15, 2010

    Posted on September 23, 2010 | No Comments
    Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Government Printing Office Disposition: Protest denied. Keywords: Terms of the Solicitation; Buy American Act; Trade Agreement Act General Counsel P.C. Highlight: The Buy American Act requires that only domestic end products be acquired for public use. In comparison, the Trade Agreements Act...

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  • Link: GAO Opinion Agency: General Services Administration Disposition: Protest sustained. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: In a procurement covered by the Trade Agreements Act (TAA), protest of an award to a vendor whose quotation identified products that were not TAA-compliant is sustained, where the agency failed to...

    Tiger Truck, LLC, B-400685, January 14, 2009

    Posted on January 14, 2009 | No Comments
    Link: GAO Opinion Agency: General Services Administration Disposition: Protest sustained. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: In a procurement covered by the Trade Agreements Act (TAA), protest of an award to a vendor whose quotation identified products that were not TAA-compliant is sustained, where the agency failed to...

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