David B. Dixon

David represents clients in pre-award and post-award bid protests at the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, as well as in size and status protests at the U.S. Small Business Administration.  He also assists clients in recovering uncompensated contract costs through litigating, arbitrating or negotiating claims against the government, and regularly representing clients when contracts have been terminated for default or convenience.  David also advises clients during the procurement preparation and proposal process, including, among other things, conducting compliance audits and due diligence, conducting organizational conflict of interest (OCI) reviews and developing OCI mitigation plans.

• Softrams, LLC, B-421801.2 et al., Jan. 30, 2024 – Sustained GAO bid protest of contract awards valued at $450 million for Agile system development support services issued by the Library of Congress.
• Global Alliant, Inc., B-421859 et al., Nov. 7, 2023 – Successful defense against a GAO bid protest of the award of a $53 million digital services support task order issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
• Innovations JV, LLC, B-422019.1, Oct. 24, 2023 – Successful GAO bid protest of an ENCORE III task order award valued at $80 million to provide information technology services, forcing DISA to take corrective action resulting in the award to Innovations JV.
• Sparksoft Corporation, 23-ODRA-00936, Jul. 19, 2023 – Successful ODRA bid protest of a contract award issued by the Federal Aviation Administration that resulted in corrective action.
• Astor & Saunders Corp., B-421735.2, Jul. 3, 2023 – Successful GAO bid protest of contract awards issued by the Department of Labor that resulted in corrective action.
• Systems Plus, Inc., et al., B-419956.184 et al., Jun. 29, 2023 – Represented five protesters, each receiving sustained decisions, in largest GAO bid protest ever regarding the $50 billion National Institutes of Health Chief Information Officer-Solutions and Partners 4 (CIO-SP4) contract for information technology services.
• Epsilon Systems Solutions Inc., B-421541.1, Mar. 30, 2023 – Successful GAO bid protest of a contract award issued by the Naval Facilities Engineering Command that resulted in corrective action.
• Sparksoft Corporation, No. B-420944 et al., Dec. 27, 2022 – Sustained GAO bid protest of the award of a data analytics task order valued at $52 million issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
• Sky Solutions LLC, B-421139.1, Dec. 2, 2022 – Successful GAO bid protest of an award issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services that resulted in corrective action.
• Skyward IT Solutions, LLC, B-421105.1, Oct. 26, 2022 – Successful GAO bid protest of a contract award issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services that resulted in corrective action.
• Sparksoft Corporation, B-421202.1, Oct. 19, 2022 – Successful GAO bid protest of a contract award issued by the Department of Health and Human Services that resulted in corrective action.
• Sparksoft Corporation v. United States, COFC No. 22-909C (Sept. 14, 2022) – Successful bid protest before the U.S. Court of Federal Claims of a contract award by the Health Resources and Services Administration that forced corrective action and resulted in an award to Sparksoft.
• Sparksoft Corporation, B-420944.1, Aug. 30, 2022 – Successful GAO bid protest of a contract award issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services that resulted in corrective action.
• Index Analytics, LLC, B-420815.1, Jul. 1, 2022 – Successful GAO bid protest of a contract award issued by the Department of Health and Human Services that resulted in corrective action.
• Quality Technology, Inc., B-420576.3, Jun. 30, 2022 – Successful defense against a GAO bid protest of a task order award valued at $35 million issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
• Visual Connections, LLC v. United States, CBCA Nos. 7046, 7143 (June 10, 2022) – Successfully converted a termination of a contract for default into a termination for the convenience of the government.
• Sparksoft Corporation, B-420576.2, Mar. 28, 2022 – Successful GAO bid protest of an award valued at $31 million for Marketplace Service Deck services issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services that forced corrective action and an award to Sparksoft.
• Chags Health Information Technology, LLC, B-419927.4 et al., Feb. 7, 2022 – Sustained GAO bid protest of the award of a GSA FSS task order valued at $27 million issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for operations and management of the agency’s identity management system.
• Data Computer Corporation of America, B-419033.4 et al., Aug. 3, 2021 – Successful defense against a GAO bid protest of a task order award valued at $30 million for integrated systems testing services issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
• DevTech Systems, Inc., B-418273.3 et al., Dec. 22, 2020 – Sustained GAO bid protest of a public financial management task order award valued at $27 million issued by the U.S. Agency for International Development.
• Conduent State Healthcare, LLC, CAB No. P-1120, Aug. 20, 2020 – Sustained bid protest before the D.C. Contract Appeals Board of the award of the District’s Medicaid Management Information System contract valued at $167 million.
• Chags Health Information Technology, LLC, B-419051.1, Sept. 14, 2020 – Successful GAO bid protest of the Provider Enrollment and Oversite (PEO) contract award valued at $2 billion issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services that forced corrective action and resulted in an award to C-HIT.
• DevTech Systems, Inc., B-418273.2, May 14, 2020 – Successful GAO bid protest of a public financial management task order award valued at $27 million issued by the U.S. Agency for International Development resulting in corrective action.
• Epsilon Systems Solutions Inc., B-418227.1, Nov. 6, 2019 – Successful GAO bid protest of a contract award for ship repair services at Pearl Harbor Naval Base issued by the Naval Sea Systems Command that forced corrective action and resulted in an award to Epsilon.
• Akira Technologies, Inc. v. United States, No. 19-1160C (Oct. 10, 2019) – Successful defense against a bid protest before the Court of Federal Claims of a task order issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
• Chags Health Information Technology, LLC, B-413104.30, et al., Apr. 11, 2019 – Sustained GAO bid protest of the award of the Chief Information Officer-Solutions and Partners 3 (CIO-SP3) contract valued at $20 billion issued by the National Institutes of Health.
• Sparksoft Corporation v. United States, COFC No. 18-1708C (Jan. 24, 2019) – Sustained pre-award bid protest before the Court of Federal Claims of a solicitation issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in a procurement valued at $45 million for operations and maintenance of the agency’s Data Services Hub.
• Visual Connections, LLC, B-416759, Dec. 4, 2018 – Successful defense against a GAO bid protest of a task order valued at $46 million for information technology support services issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
• DevTech Systems, Inc., B-416352, May 17, 2018 – Successful GAO bid protest of the award of the Public Financial Management II (PMF II) contract valued at $475 million issued by the U.S. Agency for International Development forcing corrective action and resulting in an award to DevTech.
• Chags Health Information Technology, LLC, et al., B-413116.38, et al., Sept. 13, 2016 – Represented five protesters in a successful GAO bid protests of the awards under the Strategic Partners Acquisition Readiness Contract (SPARC) valued at $25 billion issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services forcing corrective action and resulting in awards to the protesters.

• Speaking Engagements
  • “Small Business,” Pub K Annual Review 2025, February 12, 2025.
  • “Top Five Bid Protest Trends in 2024,” GovCon East 2025, January 16, 2025.
  • “Federal Construction Compliance: PLAs, The DBA, and Other Risks Facing Government Contractors,” GovCon East 2025, January 16, 2025.
  • “Mandatory FAR Flow-Down Clauses and Best Practices," Public Contracting Institute's Supply Chain Symposium, January 17, 2024.
  • Supply Chain Symposium – Bid Protests: The Increasing Divide Between GAO and COFC, Pillsbury’s 2023 East Coast Government Contracts Summit, Northern Virginia, May 16, 2023. Moderator.
  • The Contract Disputes Act: Termination Trends and Mitigation Strategies, Pillsbury’s 2023 East Coast Government Contracts Summit, Northern Virginia, May 16, 2023.
  • Bid Protests – Newly Activist COFC Judiciary and Agencies’ Continuing Trend Toward Corrective Action, Pillsbury’s 2023 West Coast Government Contracts Summit, San Diego, April 20, 2023.
  • International GovCon Issues: How Geopolitical Conflicts Are Affecting Procurement in the U.S., Pillsbury’s 2023 West Coast Government Contracts Summit, San Diego, April 20, 2023.
  • Supply Chain Symposium –Mandatory FAR Flow-Down Clauses and Best Practices, Public Contracting Institute's Supply Chain Symposium, January 17, 2023.
  • Do the Results Justify the Investment? A Dive into the Key Contract Disputes Act Cases of the Past 12 Months, Pillsbury’s Annual East Coast Government Contracts Summit, Tysons, VA, May 14, 2019.
  • Playing Offense and Defense: Strategies for Effective Bid Protests, Pillsbury’s Annual East Coast Government Contracts Summit, Tysons, VA, May 14, 2019.
  • Advanced Flow-Downs, Mandatory DFARS Clauses, and Best Practices, February 20, 2019.
  • Mandatory FAR Flow-Down Clauses and Best Practices, January 16, 2019.
  • Speaker, Agency Counsel’s Perspective Panel, and Practitioner’s Perspective Panel – Perspectives on Bid Protests (June 21, 2018 – McLean, VA)
  • Pillsbury’s Government Contracts Fall 2017 Briefing – Panel on Protest Updates; Panel on Cybersecurity (Oct. 3, 2017 – Tysons, VA)
  • Supply Chain Symposium – Advanced Flow-Downs, Mandatory DFARS Clauses and Best Practices, Public Contracting Institute (February 15, 2017; May 18, 2016)
  • Supply Chain Symposium – Mandatory and Suggested FAR Flow-Down Clauses and Best Practice, Public Contracting Institute (January 17, 2018; January 18, 2017; January 20, 2016)
• Publications
  • Federal Claims Court Says GAO Corrective Action Recommendation Irrational, Thomson Reuters, Practitioner Insights Commentaries, Authors: David B. Dixon, Toghrul Shukurlu, Aleksey Dabbs, and Alexis P. Landrum, June 25, 2024.
  • Kingdomware Revisited: VA’s “Rule of Two” takes priority over AbilityOne, Pratt’s Government Contracting Law Report, Authors: David B. Dixon, Toghrul Shukurlu, January 2019, Vol. 5 No. 1.