2024-2025 Bid Protest Decisions with Far-Reaching Impacts for Government Contractor

By Katherine B. Burrows and Eric Valle of PilieroMazza
Recorded on May 8, 2025

Whether you’re submitting a proposal, filing a protest, or defending your contract award, bid protest rulings can influence not just your current contract but also future outcomes and the broader award process. Recent protest decisions have ramifications that affect aspects like submission deadlines and the burden of proof for protesters. These decisions and recent executive orders also illustrate important considerations for government contractors, clarifying key regulations and highlighting potential trends.

Join Katie Burrows and Eric Valle, attorneys in PilieroMazza’s Bid Protests and Government Contracts practice groups, as they discuss protest decisions that will shape the bid protest landscape going forward. They’ll cover:

• key decisions and their implications;
• overview of GovCon-related executive orders;
• trends to watch; and
• bid protest strategies.

Watch the recorded webinar below or on YouTube at this link: https://youtu.be/vTDbKKbtEEY.

Katherine B. Burrows is a Partner with PilieroMazza. As a government contracts lawyer and litigator, Burrows counsels and represents government contractors in bid protests, requests for equitable adjustment, external investigations, qui tam suits under the False Claims Act, contract claims, including terminations for convenience and default, and disputes between subcontractors and prime contractors. She can be reached at kburrows@pilieromazza.com or 301.664.2292.

Eric Valle is an Associate with PilieroMazza. He focuses his practice on all aspects of doing business with and litigating against the federal government, include bid protests, contract claims and appeals, regulatory compliance, suspension and debarment, False Claims Act litigation, cost accounting, data rights and intellectual property, subcontractor and teaming agreements, and small business issues and size protests. He can be reached at evalle@pilieromazza.com or 202.655.4165.