This free two-week summer series coordinated by George Washington University Law School’s Government Procurement Law Program will offer a sophisticated introduction to bid protests in the U.S. government.
Through readings, recorded video trainings and four live online sessions, the program will cover: (1) the history of bid protests, (2) the available bid protest forums in the federal government, (3) standing and timeliness requirements for protests, (4) how awarded contracts may be stayed, (5) how bid protests are processed, (6) protections for confidential information in protests, (7) common grounds for protests, and (8) potential areas of reform. The program text, Bid Protests: A Guide to Challenging Federal Procurements, published earlier this year by the American Bar Association, will be provided at no cost to the first 100 U.S. law school students to register before the first session on July 20. Those joining the series can view the introductory videos (available on YouTube) before class.
Jessica Aldrich 
Judge Patricia Campbell-Smith 
Nathan Castellano 
Marcus Childress 
Daniel Chudd 
David Drabkin 
Craig Holman 
Kristen Ittig 
Thomas Kenny 
Bruce Mayeaux 
Kendra Perkins Norwood 
Andrew Shipley 
Sonia Tabriz 
Joshuah Turner 
Ralph White
| Videoconference – please register for link | Guests | Reading (all from ABA Bid Protests text except as noted) | Videos (on YouTube) – please review before videoconference |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Introduction Tuesday, July 20, 2021, 6-8 pm ET Session 1 Recording (1 hour 54 mins) Session 1 Slides | Craig Holman – Welcome Judge Patricia Campbell-Smith, U.S. Court of Federal Claims Ralph White, U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) Andrew Shipley & Daniel Chudd (principal authors, Bid Protests) | Ch. 1 – History Ch. 2 – Forums Optional reading: M. Schaengold, T.M. Guiffré & E. Gill, Choice of Forum for Federal Government Contract Bid Protests, 18 Fed. Cir. B.J. 243 (2009) | By C. Yukins: Welcome (3:11) Bid Protests: An Overview (26:43) |
| 2. Procedural Issues Thursday, July 22, 6-8 pm ET Session 2 Recording (1 hour 46 mins.) Session 2 Slides Live Session Chat | Kendra Perkins Norwood Joshuah Turner | Ch. 3 (Standing, Etc.) Ch. 4 (Stays) Ch. 5 (Protective Orders) | By Victoria Christoff: 2a – Chapter 3 – Standing, Timeliness and Whether to Protest (16:11) 2b – Chapter 4 – Stays, Overrides & Injunctions (10:28) 2c – Chapter 5 – Protective Orders (8:14) |
| 3. Addressing the Merits & Pre-Award Protest Grounds Tuesday, July 27, 6-8 pm ET Live Session Video Live Session Chat Session 3 Slides | Nathan Castellano Sonia Tabriz | Ch. 1 (procedures) Ch. 6.A (Protest Grounds: Pre-Award) | By C. Yukins: 3a – Addressing the Merits (15:59) 3b1 – Preaward Protest Grounds – Part 1 (19:30) 3b2 – Preaward Protest Grounds – Part 2 (20:02) |
| 4. Post-Award Protest Grounds & Next Steps in Reform Thursday, July 29, 6-8 pm ET Live Session Video Live Session Chat Session 4 Slides | Marcus Childress Kristen Ittig Thomas Kenny David Drabkin | Ch. 6.B (Protest Grounds: Post-Award) | By C. Yukins: 4a – Chapter 6.b – Post-Award Grounds for Protest (28:56) 4b – Next Steps in Bid Protest Reform (18:51) |
Christopher Yukins, cyukins@law.gwu.edu 
Victoria Christoff
Christopher Yukins and Victoria Christoff
This program is presented with kind assistance from the American Bar Association’s Public Contract Law Section, and in partnership with the National Bar Association’s Government Procurement Law Section.
Additional resources are included with our prior webinar on bid challenge systems from around the globe.
The program texts for this series are provided with generous support from
