Bid Protests A Guide to Challenging Federal Procurements.

Bid Protests A Guide to Challenging Federal Procurements.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Shipley, Andrew E.
Other Authors: Chudd, Daniel
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: La Vergne : American Bar Association, 2021.
Subjects:
Government purchasing > Law and legislation > United States.
Letting of contracts > United States.
Public contracts > United States.
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Acknowledgments
  • About the Authors
  • A Note to the Reader
  • Table of Contents
  • Chapter 1: The History of Protest Jurisdiction
  • A. The Long-Standing Authority of GAO to Hear Bid Protests
  • B. The Expansion and Contraction of Federal Court Protest Jurisdiction
  • 1. Protest Jurisdiction at Court of Federal Claims
  • 2. Prior Protest Jurisdiction in Federal District Court
  • 3. ADRA and the Short-Lived Existence of Parallel Jurisdiction
  • C. Limits on Task Order Jurisdiction
  • D. Protesting Other Transaction Agreements
  • Chapter 2: Comparing Protest Forums
  • A. Agency-Level Protests
  • B. GAO Protests
  • 1. Initial Protest
  • 2. Intervention
  • 3. Requests for Dismissal
  • 4. Five-Day Letter
  • 5. Agency Report
  • 6. Comments on the Agency Report
  • 7. Supplemental Protests
  • 8. Supplemental Agency Report and Supplemental Comments
  • 9. Decision
  • C. COFC Protests
  • 1. Pre-Filing Notice
  • 2. Complaint and Initial Filings
  • 3. Intervention
  • 4. Initial Status Conference and Scheduling Order
  • 5. Temporary Restraining Order/Preliminary Injunctive Relief
  • 6. Administrative Record
  • 7. Motions for Judgment on the Administrative Record
  • 8. Decision and Appeal Options
  • Chapter 3: Who May Protest, and When and Whether to Do So
  • A. Who May Protest
  • 1. Interested Parties and Standing Generally
  • 2. Sole-Source Award Protests
  • 3. Competitive Range Decision Protests
  • 4. Multiple Award IDIQ Contracts
  • B. When to Protest
  • 1. Pre-Award Protest Filing Deadlines
  • 2. Post-Award Protest Filing Deadlines
  • C. Whether to Protest
  • 1. Gathering Information
  • 2. Assessing Prospects
  • 3. Choosing a Forum
  • Chapter 4: Stays, Overrides, and Injunctions
  • A. Stays
  • 1. Stay of Contract Award
  • 2. Stay of Contract Performance
  • 3. Stay Overrides
  • B. Injunctive Relief
  • Chapter 5: Protective Orders
  • A. GAO Protective Orders
  • B. COFC Protective Orders
  • Chapter 6: Grounds of Protest
  • A. Pre-Award Grounds of Protest
  • 1. Patent Ambiguities
  • 2. Failure to Provide for Full and Open Competition
  • 3. Restricting Competition Based on Lack of Advance Planning
  • 4. Restricting Competition for Administrative Convenience
  • 5. Failure to Provide Fair Opportunity to Win Task or Delivery Orders Placed under Multiple Award IDIQ Contracts
  • 6. Orders That Exceed the Scope of the Underlying Umbrella Contract
  • 7. Failure to Observe Set-Aside Requirements
  • 8. Improper Bundling
  • 9. Solicitation Terms That Conflict with Statutory or Regulatory Requirements
  • 10. Unreasonable Evaluation Methodology
  • 11. Unreasonable Evaluation Criteria
  • 12. Lack of Mutual Consideration
  • 13. Improper Disclosure of Proprietary Information
  • 14. Improper Cancellation of Solicitation
  • 15. Insourcing Decisions
  • 16. Commercial Item Procurements
  • B. Post-Award Protest Issues
  • 1. Mis-Evaluations
  • 2. Latent Ambiguities

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