October 2017 Bid Protest Roundup

This month's bid protest roundup discusses five decisions covering corrective action, an agency's evaluation discretion, the "late-is-late" rule, intervening at the Court of Federal Claims (COFC), and Small Business Administration (SBA) status protests.  These cases serve as important reminders for protesters and awardees, and identify a few issues that continue to change at the various protest fora.

Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc., B-414822.5

Booz Allen protested a General Services Administration (GSA) task order award to Raytheon asserting unmitigated organizational conflicts of interest (OCIs) and a flawed technical evaluation.  Following outcome prediction, during which the Government Accountability Office (GAO) indicated it would likely sustain the protest, GSA took voluntary corrective action.  GSA's notice of corrective action noted the potential issues concerning OCIs and its evaluation, but, as is customary in such notices, GSA did not bind itself to any