Win & Protest shelf

Apparent solicitation improprieties and protest timeliness

Defines solicitation defects that must be protested before offers are due — waiting until after award usually forfeits the ground.

Postaward notices and the three-day debriefing request

Defines the difference between award notice and debriefing, and the written three-day request that preserves protest timing.

Required postaward debriefing content and completion dates

Defines what FAR 15.506(d) requires in a debriefing, why completion date matters, and what not to import from DoD-only rules.

Protest elements: rule, record error, and competitive prejudice

Defines the three elements of a viable protest theory — disappointment alone is not enough.

Agency, GAO, COFC, SBA, and task-order protest forums

Defines which protest forum has jurisdiction and remedies for the dispute you actually have.

Merits timeliness versus the CICA performance stay

Defines the separate clocks for a timely protest on the merits and for triggering the CICA stay of performance.

GAO intervention, stop-work orders, and awardee continuity

Defines awardee defense steps: intervene, preserve the record, and follow CO direction under FAR 52.233-3 stop-work.

Agency corrective action and CPARS versus protest

Defines how corrective action can reset evaluation and award clocks, and why CPARS rebuttals are not a protest substitute.