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GAO bid protests

Jack Horan, partner at McKenna Long and Aldridge LLP, will talk about GAO bid protests, including how the process works, and how many protests are successful.
May 7, 2013

Tags: acquisition , Government Accountability Office , Jack Horan , McKenna Long & Aldridge , GSA , Multiple award schedule contracting , Roger Waldron , Off the Shelf

Tuesday - 05/07/2013, 09:35pm EDT

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Bid protests increase in 2012, nearing 15-year high

The number of bid protests filed in fiscal 2012 ticked up 5 percent from last year to 2,475 cases - more than any year since 1995, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office.

Tags: aquisition , contracting , GAO , Jack Moore

Monday - 12/17/2012, 12:34pm EST

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Agencies have much to learn from bid protest process

Joseph Petrillo, a federal contract attorney with Petrillo and Powell, agreed with a recent report that bid protests help to keep the federal government honest. Unfortunately, the 2,000 or so annual bid protests are just a drop in the bucket of the millions of possible protestable contract actions out there.

Tags: Joseph Petrillo , Federal Drive , Steven Maser , contracting , management , acquisition , Inside the Worlds Biggest Buyer , General Services Administration

Tuesday - 06/19/2012, 12:28pm EDT

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Bid protesting system helps agencies police themselves

Steven Maser, a professor of public policy and administration at Willamette University, recently completed a study on the bid protest process. While he acknowledged that the number of bid protests were on the rise, he didn't necessarily think that was a bad thing for agencies and contractors.

Tags: Steven Maser , acquisition , contracting , Inside the Worlds Biggest Buyer , Federal Drive , industry , Michael OConnell

Friday - 06/15/2012, 04:27pm EDT

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Chart: Bid protests 2000-2011

Bid protests of government contracts have been on a steady rise over the past decade.

Tags: acquisition , contracting , Inside the Worlds Biggest Buyer , industry

Friday - 06/15/2012, 04:16am EDT

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Bid protests

Anne Perry and Jonathan Aronie, partners at Sheppard Mullin, will answer questions about the bid protest process.
April 17, 2012(Encore presentation May 22, 2012)

Tags: acquisition , contracting , procurement , Anne Perry , Jonathan Aronie , Sheppard Mullin , GAO , court of claims , protective orders , GSA schedules , Roger Waldron , Off the Shelf , Coalition for Government Procurement

Tuesday - 04/17/2012, 09:51pm EDT

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Bid protests at highest levels since 1995

Lee Dougherty, who leads the government contracts practice group at General Counsel, P.C., joined In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss the most recent bid protest numbers, released by GAO. Those numbers show the highest number of protests since 1995.

Tags: Lee Dougherty , General Counsel P.C , contracting , industry , acquisition , In Depth , Francis Rose

Monday - 12/05/2011, 04:35pm EST

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