Government Contract Bid Protests

Our Experienced Bid Protest Lawyers Can Assist You With - 

1.  Explaining the time restrictions for filing a protest and what to expect from the process. Protests filed within strict deadlines may require the procuring agency to suspend the contract award or performance. 

2.  Identifying and evaluating potential protest grounds. If you do not raise an issue in your initial protest, you may be unable to raise it later. 

3.  Choosing the appropriate forum for filing a protest. The forum could be the agency, the GAO, the Court of Federal Claims, or the Small Business Administration (SBA). Certain issues have to be filed with the SBA, while others must be filed in the other forums. Which forum you choose will impact the cost and timing of the protest. 

4.  Determining if you are entitled to a debriefing, and what impact that may have on your potential protest. 

5.  Preparing a protest submission which complies with the regulatory requirements, includes all appropriate protest grounds, and cites to relevant agency and court cases. 

6.  Interacting with the various attorneys representing the agency, the GAO, the SBA, and other companies involved in the protest. 

7.  Responding to various filings by the agency and opposing parties, such as motions to dismiss and objections to discovery requests. 

8.  Reviewing documents provided by the agency. A supplemental protest may be necessary because additional grounds of protest are often discovered during review of the documents provided by the agency. Companies typically do not have direct access to the documents because they may be subject to a protective order. In such instances only your attorney will be allowed to review the documents. 9.  If you are the awardee and someone has protested your award, we can explain to you why you should intervene in the protest.