Bid Protest Spotlight: Federal Supply Schedules, Lack of Standing, and Appearance of Impropriety

In this month’s bid protest roundup, we consider recent decisions of the Government Accountability Office (GAO) and the Court of Federal Claims. The first decision considers an agency’s options for publicizing a solicitation when establishing a Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) under the General Services Administration’s (GSA) Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) program. The second illustrates how a company can lose a protest despite proving an agency materially failed to comply with procurement regulations. The final decision is a cautionary tale for how (not) to react to an agency’s inadvertent release of a competitor’s confidential information.

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