Lost a Public Bid You Should Have Won? The Clock Is Already Running.

A Short Window to Protest, Strictly Enforced

A Fair Competition Has Rules. So Does Challenging One.

Public construction contracts are supposed to be awarded fairly, through open competition. When an agency gets it wrong, picks the wrong bidder, misapplies the criteria, or ignores its own rules, the losing bidder has a right to protest. But that right has a short shelf life.

Under the Virginia Public Procurement Act, a protest generally must be in writing and submitted within 10 days of the award or the decision to award. The agency then has 10 days to decide, and an unsuccessful protester has 10 days to appeal. These deadlines are strict.

We handle both sides: protesting an improper award for a bidder who should have won, and defending an award for the successful bidder or the agency. We move quickly because in procurement, the calendar is often the whole case.

Where We Come In

• ✓ You lost a public bid you believe was wrongly awarded
• ✓ The agency misapplied its own criteria or rules
• ✓ You need a protest filed within the 10-day window
• ✓ You won an award and now face a protest
• ✓ You were found non-responsible and want to challenge it
• ✓ You need to appeal a denied protest fast

Bid Protests

Challenging an improper award before the short protest window closes.

Award Defense

Won the bid and facing a protest? We defend the award and your contract.

Responsibility Challenges

Wrongly found non-responsible? We challenge the determination.

Procurement Compliance

Whether the agency followed the Procurement Act and its own rules.

Protest Appeals

The 10-day appeal after a denied protest is handled without delay.

Solicitation Issues

Problems in the bid documents that affect a fair competition.

Consultation

Tell us about the project, the contract, and where it went wrong. We identify the issues that matter most and the applicable deadlines.

Review Contract & Record

We dig into the documents, the schedule, and the correspondence to find your strongest position.

Claim or Defend

We file, demand, negotiate, or litigate with a clear plan and a calendar of every deadline.

Resolve or Try It

We push for the strongest available resolution and are fully prepared to take it to court or to arbitration.

“Procurement is the one area where the calendar can beat you before the merits ever matter. The Virginia Public Procurement Act gives you about 10 days to protest an award in writing, and that window does not care how strong your case is. I have had contractors call me on day eleven with a clear, winnable protest, and nothing I could do about the timing. So when a public award looks wrong, the first move is not a long investigation; it is a timely written protest that preserves your rights. We can build the full argument once the clock is stopped.”

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