“In 2021, GAO said vendors submitted 401 protests from task or delivery order contracts, while the number of protests overall dropped by 12% to 1,897, meaning task and delivery order protests accounted for 21% of all protests. In 2020, for example, task and delivery order protests accounted for 19% of all protests and in 2019, these types of contracts accounted for 17% of all protests.
Emily Murphy, a former administrator of the General Services Administration and senior staff member on the House Armed Services and House Small Business committees, said the increase continues to show the importance of winning these contracts…”
“This increase occurred despite there being fewer large, multiple award task order type of contracts awarded last year…”
“The effectiveness rate, which was 48% in 2021, is a combination of the number of protests that GAO sustained and the number of protests agencies took corrective action on, meaning that almost half of the time the contractor receives some sort of changes they were looking for in the agency’s decision.
The effectiveness rate jumped to 51% in 2020 — the highest mark ever…”
“The experts said one of the biggest surprise from the report was the most prominent reasons for vendors to protest.
GAO listed the top four reasons for sustaining protests as
- Unreasonable technical evaluation;
- Flawed discussions;
- Unreasonable cost or price evaluation;
- Unequal treatment…” Read the full article here.
Source: Task order protests made up larger percentage of all GAO complaints in 2020 – By Jason Miller, December 1, 2021. Federal News Network.
