Understanding Federal Bid Protest Deadlines: A Practical Guide

Government Contracts attorneys Amy Fuentes, David Black and Gregory Hallmark wrote an article for The Journal of Federal Agency Action breaking down requirements and timelines for filing a bid protest to challenge federal procurement decisions. The authors explain that under the current administration's push to reduce contract awards and streamline government spending, bid protests have emerged as a pivotal tool to safeguard contract awards and preserve business opportunities. They begin by summarizing procedures before the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), the most common forum for federal bid protests, with a table outlining protest types, filing deadlines and other notes about the process. They repeat this for the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, agency-level protests under the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) Office of Dispute Resolution for Acquisition (ODRA) and U.S. Postal Service (USPS).

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