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James J. McCullough, Catherine E. Pollack, & Timothy W. Staley, Feature Comment -- Third Year of COFC Postaward Bid Protest Jurisdiction: A Work in Progress, 42 The Government Contractor ¶ 138 (April 12, 2000).

Steven L. Schooner, Feature Comment - Watching The Sunset: Anticipating GAO's Study Of Concurrent Bid Protest Jurisdiction In The COFC And The District Courts, 42 The Government Contractor ¶ 108 (March 22, 2000).

Frederick W. Claybrook, Jr., The Initial Experience of the Court of Federal Claims in Applying the Administrative Procedure Act in Bid Protest -- Learning Lessons All Over Again, 29 Pub. Cont. L. J. 1 (1999).

David S. Sullivan, Disappointed Bidder Standing to Challenge a Government Contract Award: A Proposal for Change in Kentucky Procurement Law, 88 Ky. L. J. 161 (1999-2000).

Kurt M. Rylander, Scanwell Plus: Challenging the Propriety of a Federal Agency's Decision to Use a Federal Grant and Cooperative Agreement, 28 Pub. Cont. L. J. 69 (1998).

Frederick W. Claybrook, Jr., A Modest Proposal: Why Not Award Lost Profits to a Disappointed Bidder?, 33 Procurement Law. 8 (Summer, 1998).

Michael F. Mason, Bid Protests and the U.S. District Courts -- Why Congress Should Not Allow the Sun to Set on This Effective Relationship, 26 Pub. Cont. L. J. 567 (1997).

Jonathan R. Cantor, Note: Bid Protests and Procurement Reform: The Case for Leaving Well Enough Alone, 27 Pub. Cont. L. J. 155 (1997).

John Linarelli, Changes to Bid Protest Jurisdiction of the United States Federal Courts, 6 Pub. Procurement L. Rev. CS117 (1997).

Robert M. Hansen, CICA Without Enforcement: How Procurement Officials and Federal Court Decisions Are Undercutting Enforcement Provisions of the Competition In Contracting Act, 6 Geo. Mason L. Rev. 131 (1997).

Lewis J. Baker, Procurement Disputes at the State and Local Level: A Hodgepodge of Remedies, 25 Pub. Cont. L. J. 265 (1996).

Joseph J. Petrillo & Karen Powell, Where To File The Protest? Implications Of The Expanded Bid Protest Jurisdiction Of The Court Of Federal Claims, 38 Government Contractor ¶ 536 (November 13, 1996).

William Kovacic, Procurement Reform and the Choice of Forum in Bid Protest Disputes, 9 Admin. L. J. Am. U. 461 (1995).

William Kovacic, The Choice of Forum in Bid Protest Disputes (Administrative Conference of the United States, May, 1995).

Timothy J. Saviano, Overriding a Competition In Contracting Act Stay: A Trap for the Wary, Army Law. 22 (June 1995).

Richard D. Lieberman, Scorekeeping Bid Protests in Six Forums, 63 Fed. Cont. Rep. (BNA) 1, 22 (Feb. 27, 1995) (Special Supplement).

Thomas K. Gump, Rationalizing the Procurement Dispute Process, 42 Fed. Law. 20 (1995).

Robert C. Marshall, Michael J. Meurer & Jean-Francois Richard, Curbing Agency Problems in the Procurement Process by Protest Oversight, 25 Rand J. Econ. 297 (1994).

Robert C. Marshall, Michael J. Meurer & Jean-Francois Richard, Multiple Litigants with a Public Good Remedy, 16 Res. L. & Econ. 151 (1994).

Mark A. Riordan, Federal Court Actions Challenging Agency Overrides of the CICA Stay, 23 Pub. Cont. L. J. 397 (1994).

Alexander J. Brittin, The Comptroller General's Dual Statutory Authority to Decide Bid Protests, 22 Pub. Cont. L. J. 636 (1993).

Phillip M. Kannan, Perkins v. Lukens Steel Company: Fifty-Two and Counting, 22 Pub. Cont. L. J. 463 (1993).

Phillip M. Kannan, Jurisdiction of District Courts in Cases Involving Government Contracts, 21 Pub. Cont. L. J. 416 (1992).

Frederick W. Claybrook, Jr., The Federal Courts Improvement Act Needs Improvement: A Renewed Call for its Amendment, 21 Pub. Cont. L. J. 1 (1992).

Frank K. Peterson, In-House Counsel and Protective Orders in Bid Protests, 21 Pub. Cont. L. J. 53 (1991).

David M. Cohen, Claims for Money in the Claims Court, 40 Cath. U. L. Rev. 533 (1991).

Gary P. Quigley & Catherine S. Drost, Defense Contractor Use of Preaward and Postaward Dispute Forums, 20 Pub. Cont. L. J. 188 (1991).

Judith A. Sukol, The Competition In Contracting Act's Automatic Stay Provision and Judicial Review: A Trap for the Unwary, 43 Admin. L. Rev. 439 (1991).

Robert C. Marshall, Michael J. Meurer & Jean-Francois Richard, The Private Attorney General Meets Public Contract Law: Procurement Oversight by Protest, 20 Hofstra L. Rev. 1 (1991).

George M. Coburn & Matthew S. Simchack, Federal Procurement in the Federal Courts 1987-88: A Selective Review, 19 Pub. Cont. L. J. 14, 47-67 (1989).

William M. Henabray & M. Susan Burnett, Air Force Contract Litigation in Federal Courts, 29 A.F. L. Rev. 179, 188-193 (1988).

Richard J. Webber, Bid Protests and Agency Discretion: Where and Why Do the GSBCA and GAO Part Company?, 18 Pub. Cont. L.J. 1 (1988).

Del Stiltner Dameron & Robert J. Sherry, Son of Scanwell: Antitrust Challenges To Government Contracts Awards And Related Actions, 17 Pub. Cont. L.J. 500, 25 Y.P.A. 511 (1988).

Jeffrey M. Villet, Equitable Jurisdiction In Government Contract "Bid Protest" Cases: Discerning The Boundaries of Equity, 17 Pub. Cont. L. J. 152, 24 Y.P.A. 969 (1987)

David R. Hazelton, The Federal Circuit's Emerging Role in Bid Protest Cases, 36 Am. U.L. Rev. 919 (1987).

Steven R. Sumsion, Student Comment - Injunctive Relief In the United States Claims Court: Does A Bid Protestor Have Standing?, 16 Pub. Cont. L.J. 530, 24 Y.P.A. 733 (1987); 85 B.Y.U.L. Rev. 803 (1985).

John S. Pachter, The Need For A Comprehensive Judicial Remedy For Bid Protests, 16 Pub. Cont. L.J. 47, 23 Y.P.A. 825 (1986).

Jospeh A. Hrabik, Federal Courts Improvement Act of 1982 -- Legislative history -- Equitable Authority In Pre And Post-Award government Contract Disputes, 24 Duq. L. Rev.945, 23 Y.P.A. 655 (1986).

George M. Coburn, The New Bid Protest Remedies Created by the Competition in Contracting Act of 1984, 19 Nat'l Cont. Mgmt. J. 47 (Summer 1985).

George M. Coburn, The Decline Of the Bid Protest Remedy In the Federal Courts Since The Federal Courts Improvement Act of 1982, 19 Nat'l Cont. Mgmt. J. 1, 23Y.P.A. 283 (Winter 1985).

Gary L. Hopkins, The Universe Of Remedies For Unsuccessful Offerors On Federal Contracts, 15 Pub. Cont. L.J. 365, 422-447, 22 Y.P.A. 1015 (1985).

Gregg A. Day, The Bid Protest Jurisdiction Of The United States Claims Court: A Proposal For Resolving Ambiguities, 15 Pub. Cont. L.J. 325, 22 Y.P.A. 971 (1985).

Eldon H. Crowell & David T. Ralston, Jr., The New Government Contracts Bid Protest Law, 15 Pub Cont. L. J. 177 (1985).

Adam Marc Golodner, Comment: Equitable Jurisdiction Over Government Contract Claims Brought Before The Contract is Awarded, 56 U. Colo. L. Rev. 655, 23 Y.P.A. 367 (1985).

Richard A. Smith, Government Contracts: Contesting the Federal Government's Award Decision, 20 New Eng. L. Rev. 31, 32-29, 22 Y.P.A. 441 (1984-85).

C. Stanley Dees and David A. Churchill, Government Contracts Disputes and Remedies: Corrective Legislation is Required, 14 Pub. Cont. L.J. 201, 207-12, 21 Y.P.A. 289 (1984).

Amy Fier, Comment: Disappointed Government Contract Bidders: The Second Circuit Reevaluates its Position On Standing, 51 Brook. L. Rev. 191, 22 Y.P.A. 325 (1984).

Paul A. Shnitzer, Bid Protests - Is There An Adequate Forum, 31 Fed. B. News & J. 112, 21 Y.P.A. 527 (1984).

David V. Anthony & Gregory A. Smith, The Federal Court Improvement Act of 1982: Its Impact On The Resolution Of Federal Contract Disputes, 13 Pub. Cont. L.J. 201, 20 Y.P.A. 637 (1983).

Joel Feidelman & Josephine L. Ursini, Contract Formation Jurisdiction of the United States Court of Federal Claims, 32 Clev. St. L. Rev. 41 (1983).

John I. Heise, Jr. & John P. Rhody, Jr., An Overview For the Maryland Practitioner of Two New Federal Courts, Md. Bar J. 6 (Sept. 1982).

John B. Tieder, Jr. & John H. Tracy, Forums and Remedies for Disappointed Bidders on Federal Government Contracts, 10 Pub. Cont. L. J. 92 (1978).

Comment, The Role of GAO and Courts in Government Contracts Bid Protests: An Analysis of Post-Scanwell Remedies, 1972 Duke L.J. 745.

Marshall J. Doke, Jr., Contract Formation, Remedies, and Special Problems, 2 Pub. Cont. L. J. 12 (1968).

Comments Regarding U. S. General Accounting Office Study of Concurrent Protest Jurisdiction, December 29, 1999.

American Bar Association, Section of Public Contract Law, Bid Protest Committee, Bid Protest Developments: GAO, Courts, Agencies and the Future, June 29, 1998 (Program Materials).

American Bar Association, Section of Public Contract Law, Post-Award Bid Protests at the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, 1997 (Monograph).

American Bar Association, Section of Public Contract Law & the U.S. Court of Federal Claims Bar Association, Bid Protests in the Federal Courts: The New "Scanwell" Law, December 11, 1996 (Program Materials).

Final Report of the Courts Subcommittee Project, Bid Protest Committee, Public Contract Law Section, American Bar Association, January 15, 1991.

Report of the Bid Protest Committee, The Protest Experience Under the Competition in Contracting Act, American Bar Association Section of Public Contract Law, August 5, 1989.

28 U.S.C. § 1491 (with notes)

40 U.S.C. § 759 (Brooks Act), repealed by the Clinger-Cohen Act of 1996, § 5101.

Administrative Dispute Resolution Act of 1996, Section 12, Pub. L. No. 104-320, 110 Stat. 3870 (Oct. 19, 1996)

Congressional Record

House, H12276 (October 4, 1996)

Senate, S11848 (September 30, 1996)

FAR Subpart 33.1, 48 C.F.R. 33.1

United States Court of Federal Claims, General Order 38

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (various rules).

John Cibinic & Ralph Nash, Formation of Government Contracts , Chapter 11 (pages 1481-1588) (3d. ed. 1998).

Timothy J. Saviano, Overriding a CICA Stay (Geo. Wash. U. 1995).

Paul Shnitzer, GAO Protests under the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act (Geo. Wash. U. 1995).

J. Zengerle & J. McHale, Contracting with the Federal Government: Awards, Protests, and Disputes, §4.02 [4] (Matthews Bender Business Law Monograph 1989).

Paul Schnitzer, Government Contract Bidding, Chapter 24 (Fed. Pubs. 3d. ed. 1987).

Peter S. Latham, Government Contract Disputes, Chapter 21 (Fed. Pubs. 2d ed. 1986).

Paul Schnitzer, The 1996 GAO Bid Protest Rules, 96-13 Briefing Papers (December 1996).

Carl L. Vacketta, Donna Lee Yesner, Mary Ita Snyder, Recovery of Legal Costs, 93-12 Briefing Papers (November 1993).

Paul Schnitzer, Bid or Proposal & Protest Costs Under CICA, 88-12 Briefing Papers (November 1988).

General Accounting Office, Administrative Practice and Procedure, Bid Protest Regulations, Government Contracts Federal Register: July 26, 1996 (Volume 61, Number 145) page 39039-39047,  or 4 C.F.R. 21.

GAO Recent Bid Protest Decisions

General Accounting Office (GAO) Comptroller General Decisions Online via GPO Access

Bid Protests at GAO: A Descriptive Guide, Sixth Edition, 1996, GAO/OGC-96-24.

Report Of The Working Group On The Sunset Of U.S. District Court Bid Protest Jurisdiction, Government Contracts Section, Federal Bar Association, February 14, 2000

Inter-Agency Working Group on Federal Court Disappointed Offeror Litigation, White Paper: Recommendations for the Bid Protest Group of the United States Court of Federal Claims Advisory Council, April 1, 1997. 

ABA Section of Public Contract Law Bid Protest Committee home page 

Course Manual, The Bid Protest (Federal Publications, 1987, and subsequent editions).

Morris Durham Davis, An Analysis of Bid Protest Forums: Is it Time For a Single System? (1992) (unpublished LL.M. Thesis, George Washington University Law School).

Stewart L. Noel, Bid Protest Remedies (1991) (unpublished LL.M. Thesis, George Washington University Law School).

Richard Brian Robison, Remedies for Defects in Competitive Procurements (1990) (unpublished LL.M. Thesis, George Washington University Law School).

Nicholas Philip Retson, Suits Between Parties Competing for the Government's Business (1983) (unpublished LL.M. Thesis, George Washington University Law School).

John Ray Thompson, Government Contractors Seeking Equitable Relief in Federal Courts (1980) (unpublished LL.M. Thesis, George Washington University Law School).