The government contracting process includes opportunities for rejected bidders to protest contracting agency decisions triggering a review and administrative hearing by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO). The basis for the protest must be that the contracting agency did not follow the process it established for itself. Protests involve a small … [Read more...]

By: Steven M. Maser, Professor Public Management and Public Policy Willamette University Center for Governance and Public Policy Research A bid protest arises because the offeror perceives an error in the decision-making process that the contracting agency defined for itself. Protests sustained by the Government Accountability Office therefore shed … [Read more...]