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Matt Carter
Partner, Los Angeles
T: +1.213.488.7120
David B. Dixon
Partner, Northern Virginia
T: +1.703.770.7557
John E. Jensen
Partner, Northern Virginia
T: +1.703.770.7560
Richard B. Oliver
Partner, Los Angeles
T: +1.213.488.7102
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Our Bid Protest Team has decades of experience in federal bid protests of all types—including at the agency level and before the GAO, the Court of Federal Claims and the Federal Circuit.

Bid protests are a critical facet of the federal procurement process and ensure that the government’s procurement decisions are rendered lawfully. Protests ensure that contractors competing for federal contracts are evaluated fairly and in accordance with the solicitation and the FAR. As the budgets of certain federal agencies shrink, the bid protest process becomes an especially important tool for contractors in pursuing or maintaining existing federal work. Bid protests remain equally important in Department of Defense procurements, where spending appears likely to remain strong.

Using bid protests successfully to obtain or retain federal contracts requires a wide variety of legal expertise, strategic and pragmatic thinking, and creativity. Our Bid Protest Team draws on a wealth of experience. Our practitioners’ recent successes include overturning the original award decisions of civilian and defense agencies—ultimately resulting in high-value federal awards to our clients. Our team also has successfully defended numerous recent high-value awards, helping our clients protect hundreds of millions of dollars in potential revenue.

Representative Experience

  • Represented Sparksoft Corporation in a sustained GAO bid protest of the award of a $34 million supplemental security testing task order issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (B-422440 et al., Jun. 25, 2024).
  • Represented A Square Group, LLC in a sustained GAO bid protest of the award of a $37 million health insurance marketplace and financial management operational analytics task order issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (B-421792.2 et al., Jun. 13, 2024).
  • Represented Insurance Services Office, Inc in a successful defense of GAO protest challenging FEMA’s contract award to client for a $75 million contract to provide Community Rating System support services (B-422476.1, May 8, 2024).

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  • Represented ECC Constructors, LLC in a successful pre-award bid protest at GAO of a FEMA solicitation for manufacturing, transporting, and installing Alternative Transportable Temporary Housing Units to Maui, forcing the agency to take corrective action in the $180 million procurement (B-422542.1, Apr. 29, 2024).
  • Represented Epsilon Systems Solutions Inc. in a successful bid protest before the U.S. Court of Federal Claims regarding two Navy ship repair procurements resulting in corrective action. (No. 24-557C, No. 24-558C, Apr. 14, 2024).
  • Represented Xator, LLC in a successful GAO bid protest of an award valued at $170 million to provide electronic surveillance capabilities to protect the entrances of Army installations, forcing the Army to take corrective action (B-422402.1, Apr. 2, 2024).
  • Represented Centuria Corporation in a successful GAO bid protest of an award valued at $82 million to provide information technology services, forcing the Air Force to take corrective action resulting in the award to Centuria (B-422245 et al., Mar. 5, 2024).
  • Represented Global Patent Solutions, LLC in a sustained GAO bid protest of contract awards of by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office valued at $275 million each for professional services to assist in reviewing international patent applications (B-42160.2 et al., Feb. 23, 2024).
  • Represented Softrams, LLC in a sustained GAO bid protest of contract awards valued at $450 million for Agile system development support services issued by the Library of Congress (B-421801.2 et al., Jan. 30, 2024).
  • Represented Sparksoft Corporation in a successful defense of the award of a $53 million digital services support task order issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services from a GAO bid protest (B-421859 et al., Nov. 7, 2023).
  • Represented Innovations JV, LLC in a 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 (B-422019.1, Oct. 24, 2023).
  • Represented CivicActions in a successful GAO bid protest of a GSA FSS task order award valued at $75 million to provide information technology services, forcing the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to take corrective action resulting in the award to CivicActions (B-421956.2, Oct. 5, 2023).
  • Represented McCallie Associates in a successful defense of a contract award valued at $300 million to provide technical research and development activities for the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center from a GAO bid protest (B-421548.2 et al., Sept. 29, 2023).
  • Represented Mitchell Vantage Systems LLC in a successful defense of GAO protest challenging NASA’s contract award to client for a $300 million contract to provide engineering services to perform a broad range of technical research and development activities for the Goddard Space Flight Center (B-421548.2 & .3, Sep. 29, 2023).
  • Represented Sealing Technologies Inc. in a successful pre-award bid protest at GAO of an Air Force solicitation for cybersecurity hardware, forcing the Air Force to take corrective action in the $100 million procurement (B-421863.1, Sept. 19, 2023).
  • Represented non-profit organization, CORE O-ahu LLC, in a successful defense of a 10-year contract award by the Federal Bureau of Prisons for halfway house services in Hawaii from a GAO bid protest (B-421714 et al., Aug. 31, 2023).
  • Represented Systems Plus Inc. in a successful Court of Federal Claims protest of Defense Health Agency’s decision to reject client’s proposal for information technology support services for the DHA Military Medical Treatment Facilities, which resulted in the agency taking corrective action (Case No. 23-1163, Fed. Cl., Aug 11, 2023).
  • Represented Sparksoft Corporation in a successful ODRA bid protest of a contract award issued by the Federal Aviation Administration that resulted in corrective action (23-ODRA-00936, Jul. 19, 2023).
  • Represented INDUS Technology, Inc. in a successful GAO bid protest of a contract award issued by the Naval Surface Warfare Center that resulted in corrective action (B-421327.2, Jul. 17, 2023).
  • Represented INDUS Technology, Inc. in a successful protest of $90+ million Department of the Navy award, which forced the agency to take corrective action (B-421327.2, July 7, 2023).
  • Represented Delphinus, Engineering Inc. in a successful defense of $75+ million Department of Navy protest, resulting in award to our client (B-421574, July 5, 2023).
  • Represented INDUS Technology Inc. in a successful defense of a contract award valued at $86 million issued by the Naval Undersea Warfare Center against a GAO bid protest by the incumbent contractor (B-421574.1 Jul. 5, 2023).
  • Represented Technik, Inc. in a successful GAO bid protest of a contract award issued by the U.S. Agency for International Development that resulted in corrective action (B-421706 et al., Jul. 5, 2023).
  • Represented Astor & Saunders Corp. in a successful GAO bid protest of contract awards issued by the Department of Labor that resulted in corrective action (B-421735.2, Jul. 3, 2023).
  • Represented six protesters, Systems Plus, Inc.; A Square Group, LLC; Astor & Sanders Corp.; DevTech Systems, Inc.; Xfinion, Inc. and Sky Solutions, LLC, each receiving sustained decisions. in largest GAO bid protest ever regarding the $50 billion National Institutes of Health (“NIH”) Chief Information Officer-Solutions and Partners 4 (CIO-SP4) contract for information technology services (B-419956.184 et al., Jun. 29, 2023).
  • Represented NTT DATA Services Federal Government, LLC in a successful GAO bid protest of a contract award issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that resulted in corrective action (B-421708.1, Jun. 9, 2023).
  • Represented Global Patent Solutions, Inc. in a successful GAO bid protest of a contract award issued by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office that resulted in corrective action (B-421602.1, May 4, 2023).
  • Represented Epsilon Systems Solutions Inc. in a successful GAO bid protest of a contract award issued by the Naval Facilities Engineering Command that resulted in corrective action (B-421541.1, Mar. 30, 2023).
  • Represented American Systems in a successful defense of the award of a $200 million Navy contract from a GAO bid protest (No. B-420090.4, Jan. 17, 2023).
  • Represented Sparksoft Corporation in a sustained GAO bid protest of the award of a $52 million data analytics task order issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (No. B-420944 et al., Dec. 27, 2022).
  • Represented Sky Solutions LLC in a successful GAO bid protest of an award issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services that resulted in corrective action (B-421139.1, Dec. 2, 2022).
  • Represented J&J and ALMS Mission Support Solutions, LLC in a successful pre-award protest of $100+ million Department of the Air Force procurement, which challenged the agency’s flawed “efficient competition” evaluation methodology, resulting in corrective action (B-421241.1, Nov. 30, 2022).
  • Represented Systems Plus, Inc. in a successful protest challenging the Department of Health and Human Services’ flawed decision to exclude client from participating in Phase 2 of the CIO-SP4 procurement (B-419956.66, Nov. 29, 2022).
  • Represented Paragon Technology Group, Inc. in a successful GAO bid protest regarding the $50 billion National Institutes of Health Chief Information Officer-Solutions and Partners 4 (CIO-SP4) contract for information technology services that resulted in corrective action (B-419956.144, Nov. 29, 2022).
  • Represented Cask NX, LLC in a successful GAO bid protest of a contract award issued by the Department of Agriculture that resulted in corrective action (B-421194.1, Nov. 15, 2022).
  • Represented Skyward IT Solutions, LLC in a successful GAO bid protest of a contract award issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services that resulted in corrective action (B-421105.1, Oct. 26, 2022).
  • Represented Sparksoft Corporation in a successful GAO bid protest of a contract award issued by the Department of Health and Human Services that resulted in corrective action (B-421202.1, Oct. 19, 2022).
  • Represented Beshenich Muir & Associates LLC in a successful GAO bid protest of a contract award issued by the Army that resulted in corrective action (B-420693.2, Oct. 12, 2022).
  • Represented Beshenich Muir & Associates LLC in a successful pre-award protest of Department of the Army solicitation alleging improper disclosure of pricing information and a flawed evaluation scheme, resulting in corrective action, including a government internal investigation and action appropriate to ensure fairness and integrity in the procurement process (B-420693.2, Oct. 7, 2022).
  • Represented Second Street Holdings LLC in a successful defense of $1.3 billion lease award for SEC headquarters in Washington, DC (162 Fed. Cl. 306 (2022)).
  • Represented Cayre Jemal’s Nick LLC (“CJN”) at both GAO and the Court of Federal Claims in a successful defense of a $1.3 billion lease award made by GSA from bid protests (No.22-cv-00253, Oct. 4, 2022; No. B- 417006.4 et al., Jan. 13, 2022).
  • Represented R3 Strategic Support Group Inc. in a successful GAO bid protest of a contact award issued by the Department of Homeland Security that resulted in corrective action (B-421017.1, Sept. 26, 2022).
  • Represented Sparksoft Corporation in a 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 (COFC No. 22-909C, Sept. 14, 2022).
  • Represented Sparksoft Corporation in a successful GAO bid protest of a contract award issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services that resulted in corrective action (B-420944.1, Aug. 30, 2022).
  • Represented Index Analytics, LLC in a successful GAO bid protest of a contract award issued by the Department of Health and Human Services that resulted in corrective action (B-420815.1, Jul. 1, 2022).
  • Represented Apprio in a successful GAO bid protest that overturned a contract award valued at $100 million for training services issued by the Department of Homeland Security (No. B-420627, Jun. 30, 2022).
  • Represented Sparksoft Corporation in a successful defense of the task order award valued at $35 million issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services from a GAO bid protest (B-420576.3, Jun. 30, 2022).
  • Represented Parsons Corp. in a successful GAO bid protest of a contract award issued by the Army resulting in corrective action (B-420668.1, Apr. 26, 2022).
  • Represented Parsons Government Services Inc. in a successful protest of $315 million+ award to sustain and transform the Air Force’s Air Operations Center Weapon System, resulting in corrective action (B-420668.1, Apr. 19, 2022).
  • Represented Sparksoft Corporation in a 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 that resulted in an award to Sparksoft (B-420576.2, Mar. 28, 2022).
  • Represented ECC Contractors in a successful defense of a contract award valued at $250 million issued by the Army Corps of Engineers for emergency environmental debris management services from multiple GAO bid protests (No. B-418693.9 et al., Mar. 25, 2022).
  • Represented CrowderGulf LLC in a successful defense of $250 million+ Army Corps of Engineers IDIQ awards for debris management services (B-418693.9, et al., Mar. 25, 2022).
  • Represented Chags Health Information Technology, LLC (“C-HIT”) in a 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 (B-419927.4 et al., Feb. 7, 2022).
  • Represented ECC Environmental LLC in a successful protest of the Navy’s award decision for $290 million environmental remediation services contract, forcing the Navy to take corrective action (Case No. 21-2087C (Fed. Cl., Nov. 4, 2021)).
  • Represented AccelGov LLC in a successful defense against protest of $3.5 million Marine Corps award of a bridge contract for IT services, defending claim that sole source award to 8(a) contractor was improper (Case No. 21-1647C (Fed. Cl. Sep. 30, 2021)).
  • Represented Sparksoft Corporation in a successful defense of a task order award valued at $30 million for integrated systems testing services issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services from a GAO bid protest (B-419033.4 et al., Aug. 3, 2021).
  • Represented Sierra Nevada Corporation in a successful bid protest action that resulted in the permanent injunction of a $980 million Air Force contract (Case No. 21–1186C (Fed. Cl. July 12, 2021).
  • Represented Candor Solutions LLC in a successful defense of $163 million State Department contract for information technology support and instructional systems design and development services, which resulted in award to our client (B-417950.5, B-417950.6, May 10, 2021).
  • Represented eTRANSERVICES Corp. in a successful defense of $29 million Navy contract for system administration and integrated logistics support, infrastructure, library and support services, which resulted in award to our client (B-419596.1, Mar. 30, 2021).
  • Represented DevTech Systems, Inc. in a 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 (B-418273.3 et al., Dec. 22, 2020).
  • Represented PGLS LLC in a successful protest of corrective action before the U.S. Court of Federal Claims of an $80 million small business contract award by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, resulting in an injunction against the termination of that contract (No. 20-1023C and No. 20-1068C).
  • Represented CAE USA Inc. in a successful defense before the U.S. Court of Federal Claims of a $97 million contract award by the U.S. Department of the Army (No. 20-575 and No. 20-609C, Oct. 28, 2020).
  • Represented Verizon Business Network Services Inc. in a successful defense before of $200 million+ award of a Department of Commerce procurement for telecommunications, networking services and associated support (No. B-418649 et al., July 14, 2020).
  • Represented INDUS Technology Inc. in successful protest of the Navy’s award decision for $50 million logistics support services contract. After GAO ADR Outcome Prediction, the Navy decided to take corrective action and reimburse attorneys’ fees. (B-418958, Oct. 21, 2020).
  • Represented Evergreen JV in a successful protest of the Air Force’s decision to remove client from competition in $2 billion Brooks Act procurement, resulting in published decision which sustains all five protest grounds and requires reimbursement of attorneys’ fees (B-418475.4, Sept. 23, 2020, 2020 CPD 301).
  • Represented INDUS Technology Inc. in a successful protest of the Navy’s award decision for $50 million financial and administrative services contract, forcing the Navy to take corrective action (B-418729.1, June 25, 2020).
  • Represented Battelle Memorial Institute in successful protest of $20+ million Centers for Disease Control and Prevention award resulting in corrective action (B-418047.3, B-418047.4, May 18, 2020, 2020 CPD).
  • Represented Evergreen JV in a successful protest of Air Force decision to remove client from competition in Brooks Act procurement, resulting in corrective action (B-418475.2, Apr. 21, 2020).
  • Represented Qi Tech LLC in successful defense of $50+ million protest resulting in award to our client (B-416711.10, Apr. 16, 2020, 2020 CPD 148).
  • Represented MCR Federal LLC in a successful defense of multiple GAO protests which challenged the $72 million contract for complex acquisition and financial support services for the Air Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center’s Launch Enterprise (B-416654.5 & .6, Mar. 20, 2020, 2020 CPD 97).

Resources

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Tracking the latest developments at the GAO and Court of Federal Claims.

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