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Government Bid Protest Lawyers Guide Clients Through the Process

When a bid protest is filed, the agency has 30 days to provide the agency report, or AR. The AR typically includes documents in response to your protest arguments, including documents you have specifically requested. If a request for dismissal is filed, the protestor will need to file a response opposing the request. If a dismissal request is submitted, it is often submitted before the 30-day deadline for filing the AR.

Document Review Process

Once the AR is provided, the protestor has 10 days to file comments responding to the agency’s arguments. If the protestor fails to address any ground of protest in its comments, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) will consider the omitted ground to be abandoned by the protestor. In addition to comments, a protestor often discovers additional grounds of protest when the AR is reviewed. These additional grounds of protest have to be filed within 10 days of receiving the AR, or within 10 days of knowing the basis for the protest ground.

The agency will be required to file a supplemental AR in response, and the protestor will have to file supplemental comments. The process for supplemental protests is condensed, meaning the GAO may require the supplemental AR to be filed within 10 days, instead of the 30-day period allotted for the initial AR).

Your Washington, D.C.bid protest attorney will ensure that you are compliant during the document review period.

Corrective Action

The agency may take corrective action at any point in the process. Corrective action by the agency is an acknowledgment by the agency that they failed to comply with some part of the procurement process, and they are correcting the mistake.

The agency has wide discretion in the form of corrective action, and it often includes reevaluation of proposals or amendments to the solicitation. If the agency takes corrective action, the GAO will dismiss as moot the portion of the protest related to the corrective action.

Contact a Washington, D.C. Bid Protest Law Firm Today

If you believe that the government has not been compliant with the terms of a solicitation, and you need competent legal advice during the document review process, contact the Whay Law Firm online or call (202) 448-9677 to schedule your initial consultation today.