Bid Protests: Attorneys' Fees Paid to Bid Protesters by Federal Agencies
(Fact Sheet, 11/07/94, GAO/GGD-95-17FS).

In response to congressional consideration of the Federal Acquisition
Streamlining Act, which would limit attorneys' fees paid to bid
protesters and exclude small businesses from the limitation, this report
discusses attorneys' fees paid to bid protesters by federal agencies.
GAO focuses on bid protests sustained by GAO and the General Services
Administration Board of Contract Appeals during fiscal years 1992 and
1993.  GAO provides information on the number of sustained or granted
bid protests, number of bid protests in which attorneys' fees were paid,
ranges of attorneys' hourly rates, average attorney fee per hour, number
of bid protests in which the protester was a small business, and the
number of bid protests in which the contract awardee was a small
business.

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 REPORTNUM:  GGD-95-17FS
     TITLE:  Bid Protests: Attorneys' Fees Paid to Bid Protesters by 
             Federal Agencies
      DATE:  11/07/94
   SUBJECT:  Bid protests
             Legal fees
             Claims settlement
             Lawyers
             Expense claims
             Small business contractors
             Procurement protest procedures
             Cost analysis
             Contract award protests

             
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