U.S. Court of Federal Claims Archives

The General Services Administration (GSA) Headquarters building. (SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

2022 in review: Key federal IT solicitations delayed by volley of pre-award challenges

CIO-SP4 and Polaris moved forward despite an array of obstacles including bid protests and the transition to UEI numbers.

Dec 30, 2022 By John Hewitt Jones

The facade of the GAO building in downtown Washington, D.C. (Cory Doctorow/Flickr)

GAO reports 12% drop in protests filed during 2022 fiscal year

The office received a total of 1,658 cases, down from 1,897 filed during the prior year.

Nov 1, 2022 By John Hewitt Jones

A US Postal Service truck leaves a sorting facility on August 17, 2020 in New York. (Photo by BRYAN R. SMITH/AFP via Getty Images).

Federal judge denies USPS request to reconsider $67M award in long-running tech dispute with Northrop Grumman

The government has 60 days to appeal the decision in the legal dispute over an $874M firm fixed-price technology contract.

Oct 18, 2022 By John Hewitt Jones

The General Services Administration (GSA) Headquarters building in Washington, DC, November 21, 2016. / AFP / SAUL LOEB (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

General Services Administration hit with 2 new Polaris pre-award protests

According to court filings, the companies want a judge to rule that the solicitation was “ambiguous, unduly restrictive, arbitrary, irrational, and contrary to law.”

Oct 12, 2022 By John Hewitt Jones

USPTO Headquarters, Alexandria, VA — The interior of the USPTO headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia, in 2019. (Antony-22 / Wikimedia Commons)

Federal judge dismisses $2B USPTO IT services contract bid dispute

Stratera Fulcrum Technologies protested the award of the $2 billion IDIQ contract to five other federal contractors.

May 13, 2022 By John Hewitt Jones

A Soldier uses the KIK-11 Tactical Key Loader, which PEO C3T chose as the materiel solution to fulfill the Next Generation Load Device – Small requirement for the Army. (Image courtesy of L3Harris Technologies Inc.)

Federal court denies CACI bid protest over $774M encryption tech contract

The Army previously rejected the company's proposal because of concerns over design flaws and conflicts of interest rules.

Jan 18, 2022 By Jackson Barnett

GAO bid protests filed by contractors dropped 12% in fiscal 2021

A total of 1897 award protests were filed during fiscal 2021, compared with 2149 the year prior.

Nov 18, 2021 By John Hewitt Jones

Chief Navy Counselor John MacPherson, from Parish, N.Y., conducts virtual recruiter development boards, subscribing to a teleworking directive as COVID-19 preventative measures. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Diana Quinlan/Released)

Federal court dismisses bid protest brought against Navy by tech company Squire Solutions

The company had contested a decision not to select its proposal for a prototype voice recognition system.

Oct 18, 2021 By John Hewitt Jones

Federal judge won’t halt new task orders on $5.5B 2GIT contract

The General Services Administration must reevaluate Blue Tech's Second Generation IT contract bid by Sept. 14.

Aug 20, 2021 By Dave Nyczepir

Navy, Los Angeles, USS America — A Navy systems technician looks over the Port of Los Angeles at the approach of USS America. (U.S. Navy / MC1 Christopher Okula)

Perspecta fails again in protest of Navy’s $7.7B NGEN-R

The U.S. Court of Federal Claims entered a judgment Thursday ruling in favor of the Navy's original award of the contract to Leidos in February

Dec 18, 2020 By Billy Mitchell