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Plain-language definitions of every Bid Protests & Disputes term that shows up in government contracting work.
An agency-level protest is a challenge to a federal procurement decision filed directly with the contracting agency rather than the GAO or Court of Federal Claims.
Read definitionA bid protest is a formal challenge filed by an offeror who believes a government procurement was conducted improperly or that an award decision was flawed.
Read definitionA Board of Contract Appeals is an independent quasi-judicial tribunal that hears contractor appeals of contracting officer final decisions under the Contract Disputes Act, with the ASBCA and CBCA being the two principal boards.
Read definitionThe Contract Disputes Act establishes the legal framework for resolving disputes between federal contractors and the government, requiring a contracting officer final decision before formal appeal.
Read definitionCorrective action is the remedial step an agency takes in response to a sustained or voluntarily resolved bid protest, which may include reevaluating proposals or resolicitating the requirement.
Read definitionA Court of Federal Claims protest is a bid protest filed in federal court seeking injunctive relief against an improper contract award, offering broader discovery than the GAO forum.
Read definitionA GAO bid protest is a formal challenge to a federal contract award filed with the Government Accountability Office, resolved within 100 days under CICA.
Read definitionAn interested party is a contractor or prospective offeror with a direct economic interest in a federal procurement, which is the threshold standing requirement to file a bid protest.
Read definitionAn intervenor in a GAO bid protest is the awardee of the challenged contract, who participates in the protest proceedings to defend the award made in its favor.
Read definitionAn override of stay is a formal agency head determination that urgent and compelling circumstances justify resuming contract performance despite an active GAO bid protest stay.
Read definitionA post-award protest challenges a federal contract award decision, typically filed within 10 days of the award notice or debriefing to preserve the automatic stay right.
Read definitionA pre-award protest challenges a solicitation's terms, evaluation criteria, or set-aside designation before a contract is awarded, seeking to correct the procurement before proposals are due.
Read definitionA protective order in a GAO bid protest restricts access to sensitive procurement documents, such as the awardee's proposal, to outside counsel only, preventing disclosure to the protester's business staff.
Read definitionA protest decision is the GAO's written ruling on a bid protest, issued within 100 days, which is publicly available and constitutes a detailed record of how the agency evaluated competing proposals.
Read definitionA protest denied is a GAO ruling that finds the government's procurement was conducted in accordance with applicable law and regulations, upholding the original contract award.
Read definitionA protest sustained is a GAO ruling that finds a federal procurement was conducted improperly and recommends corrective action such as reevaluation of proposals or resolicitation.
Read definitionProtest timeliness rules set strict deadlines, typically 10 calendar days, for filing a federal bid protest, after which the right to an automatic stay may be lost.
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