5 Most Important Bid Protest Decisions Of 2019

Law360 (December 17, 2019, 7:33 PM EST) — In 2019, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims and the U.S. Government Accountability Office issued five decisions worthy of particular note:

NetCentrics Corp. v. U.S.;[1]

PAE-Parsons Global Logistics Services LLC v. U.S.;[2]

Space Exploration Technologies Corp. v. U.S.;[3]

Oracle America Inc. v. U.S.;[4] and

Blue Origin Florida LLC.[5]

This article provides a brief overview of these five cases and discusses how they might shape the bid protest landscape going forward.

1. NetCentrics

The Facts

In response to allegations made in a GAO bid protest, the U.S. Department of Defense investigated whether the contract awardee had made a material misrepresentation in its…