GAO Bid Protest 2018 Statistics — 15% of Protests Sustained
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has released its 2018 GAO bid protest statistics. GAO sustained 15 percent of total bid protests filed in 2018. This includes cases where the agency took corrective action before the GAO could issues a decision. The top reasons for sustaining protests were:
- Unreasonable technical evaluation
- Unreasonable cost or price evaluation
- Flawed selection decision.
GAO Bid Protest Annual Report to Congress for Fiscal Year 2018
