Key Takeaways from GAO's Annual Bid Protest Report to Congress for Fiscal Year 2025

On December 12, 2025, the Government Accountability Office published its Bid Protest Annual Report to Congress for Fiscal Year 2025. The GAO report, which is mandated by the Competition in Contracting Act (“CICA”), includes key data and analytics that provide valuable insight into current bid protest trends and developments at GAO. In 2023, the numbers reported by GAO in its report to Congress were skewed by a single procurement, which resulted in over 300 protests. In 2024, the statistics reported by GAO in its report showed a return to normal with numbers in line with the last several years, excluding the 2023 anomaly. For 2025, the numbers reported by GAO remain typical across the board.

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