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Connecticut has become an unexpected focal point for bid rigging enforcement in public contracting. Many government contractors still see this risk as a federal problem driven by the Department of Justice and the Procurement Collusion Strike Force. Yet Connecticut is showing that a state attorney general, using state antitrust law, can reshape everyday service contracts in a very direct way.Continue Reading Procurement Collusion Strike Force: The State Edition

Congress has once again reshaped the protest landscape—this time with a narrow but consequential change targeted squarely at Department of Defense (DoD) procurements. The Fiscal Year 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), signed into law by the president on December 18, 2025, includes a new provision designed to discourage meritless protests at the Government Accountability Office (GAO), particularly where an incumbent contractor continues performing work during the protest. Although the language is focused and does not overhaul the protest system more broadly, it introduces a real financial risk calculus that unsuccessful incumbent offerors will now need to consider before pulling the protest trigger.Continue Reading Cracking the Kitchen Sink: FY2026 NDAA Brings Bid Protest Reforms for Defense Contractors That Lodge Meritless Protests