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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

November 15, 2019 By cs

Agencies are relying more on alternatives to contractor suspension and debarment

Annual report shows that exclusions from doing business with the government have decreased in recent years, yet are still up from 2009.

The number of contractor suspensions and debarments in fiscal 2018 was nearly double that of 2009, when an interagency committee started formally tracking them, but federal agencies are also increasingly relying on alternative measures to resolve disputes, according to a new report.

In fiscal 2018, agencies surveyed by the Interagency Suspension and Debarment Committee reported 480 suspensions (temporary exclusions when an investigation is ongoing), 1,542 proposed debarments and 1,334 debarments (exclusions for a set period of time after an investigation or legal proceedings against a contractor), according to the committee’s annual report released Tuesday. This is about twice the activity level reported in fiscal 2009. However, since fiscal 2014, the number of suspensions and debarments has been decreasing.

Keep reading this article at: https://www.govexec.com/oversight/2019/11/agencies-are-relying-more-alternatives-contractor-suspension-and-debarment/161157/

November 14, 2019 By cs

Bid protests hit 10-year low

Companies filed 16% fewer bid protests in fiscal 2019 than the year prior.

According to data released last Thursday by the Government Accountability Office (GAO), vendors filed 2,198 protests in fiscal 2019, 16% fewer than were filed in the previous year. Fiscal 2019’s total represented 22% fewer protests than GAO’s 10-year high-water mark—the 2,789 filed in fiscal 2016.

According to GAO, the agency closed 2,200 cases in fiscal 2019 and sustained 77 of the 587 total decisions decided on merit. Fiscal 2019’s 13% sustain rate—wherein GAO agrees with the bid protestor—was its lowest since fiscal 2015. A large number of bid protests are resolved when agencies agree to take corrective action rather than GAO carrying the protest to full conclusion.

Keep reading this article at: https://www.nextgov.com/cio-briefing/2019/11/bid-protests-hit-10-year-low/161168/

February 9, 2016 By AMK

‘Design-bid-build’ contracting method failed public hospital project

Owners face a ton of decisions when considering a new construction project: Who will do the architecture? Where should we located it? How big should the floor plates be?

One decision that doesn’t always get much attention is just as important: Project delivery method.

That’s the term that describes the process by which the project will be designed and constructed, and it’s at the heart of the drama around Valley Medical Center’s long delays and spectacular cost overruns.

Keep reading this article at: http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2016/01/25/county-ceo-says-design-bid-build-delivery-method.html

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

Annual report shows that exclusions from doing business with the government have decreased in recent years, yet are still up from 2009.

Companies filed 16% fewer bid protests in fiscal 2019 than the year prior.

Owners face a ton of decisions when considering a new construction project: Who will do the architecture? Where should we located it? How big should the floor plates be?

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