Bait and switch? And more fake citations!

Incumbent on a contract for information technology support services to USCIS lost to a lower bidder. The incumbent argued that the winner was engaging in a "bait and switch" with its personnel, with an ultimate intention of hiring the incumbent's staff. But the GAO found that the protestor failed to allege that the "awardee either knowingly or negligently represented that it would rely on specific personnel that the firm did not have a reasonable basis to expect to furnish during contract performance based on place of performance." Accordingly, the protest was denied.

Also! Another GenAI hallucination case! Here, the protester's counsel used Westlaw's "CoCounsel" and admitted that he " failed to correct all the erroneous citations in the final supplemental protest filed with our Office." Gotta watch out for those robots!

GAO: CVTEK, LLC, B-423943 (Feb. 12, 2026)

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