GAO task order protest authority reinstated. What now?
21 Dec, 2016 0 Comments
President Obama has signed HR 5995, a law giving the Government Accountability Office permanent authority to oversee protests of civilian task orders over $10 million. The GAO task order protest authority has been expired since the end of FY2016 on September 30. This is good news for businesses that contract with civilian agencies. Before GAO authority was reinstated, there was almost no avenue for companies to protest task order decisions. Contractors’ only option was to go to an agency’s task...