Bid Protests at GAO Fall to a Decade Low With a 14% Sustain Rate, Yet the Pentagon and GSA Push 'Loser Pays'
Companies filed 1,688 cases at GAO in fiscal 2025 challenging federal contract awards, according to GAO’s annual report to Congress. That’s 6% fewer than the year before and among the lowest counts in a decade. GAO decided 380 on the merits and sustained 53, a …