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January 12, 2021 By cs

Majority of FY20 protests find some success at GAO

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has released its Annual Report to Congress summarizing bid protest activity for Fiscal Year 2020.

The report shows that, in a unique year where COVID-19 altered procurement practices and priorities, protest activity at GAO was remarkably stable.  Of note, GAO’s “effectiveness rate” this year topped 50 percent, meaning most protests resulted in some form of relief.  The number of task order protests continues to increase, despite a modest dip in overall protests.  Unsurprisingly, again there were very few hearings.

The chart below summarizes the GAO protest statistics from FY 2015 to FY 2020.

Keep reading this article at: https://governmentcontractsnavigator.com/2020/12/29/majority-of-fy-2020-protests-find-some-success-at-gao/

See the GAO’s full report here: https://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-21-281SP

Filed Under: Government Contracting News Tagged With: bid protest, dispute, evaluation criteria, GAO, proposal evaluation, protest, selection criteria, technical evaluation

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