Short Circuiting the IDIQ Bid Protest Bar: A Pyrrhic Victory?
It is well-recognized that, with limited exceptions, neither the GAO nor the Court of Federal Claims has been willing, historically, to assume jurisdiction over IDIQ task or delivery order protests. Recently, there has been some loosening of that bar, in the form of Public Law No. 110-181, § 843, which grants the GAO exclusive jurisdiction for a period of three years over protests against task or delivery order awards valued at more than $10 million. Even with that legislative development, however, there are many task orders and/or delivery orders that will jurisdictionally escape review via the protest process.
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