Ralph White, managing associate general counsel for procurement law at the Government Accountability Office, said the GAO has found agencies comply with regulations when they implement the majority of their acquisition initiatives,
GAO Headquarters, Photo: CoolCaesar Contrary to media reports from last week, the Government Accountability Office says it does have the authority to hear bid protests for large civilian indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity task orders.
Bid protests — disputed federal contract awards — reached a 15-year high in 2010, according to a Government Accountability Office report released last week. Contractors filed 2,299 protests, a 16 percent increase