GAO bid protest data type
A GAO bid protest docket or decision record with file numbers, protester, agency, lifecycle dates, decision text, and linked procurement context.
- Source: GAO bid protests are based on GAO bid protest decision and docket data.
- Update frequency: GovTribe updates this data source regularly and runs periodic backfills.
- Volume: 4,068 GovTribe records as of May 27, 2026.
- MCP: Search GAO bid protests MCP tool
Notes
GAO bid protest records help customers find protest dockets, decisions, source text, and procurement identifiers connected to federal contracting activity. A record may represent an open docket, a closed decision, or a decision-linked protest record depending on the source data available from GAO.
Use file_number when matching to GAO docket or decision citations. Use procurement_identifiers, federal_agency, and federal_meta_opportunity_id to connect a protest back to the procurement thread. govtribe_url is included for consistency with other GovTribe MCP records; when GovTribe does not expose a dedicated web detail page for the protest, the MCP response can return null. Optional linked values such as source_links, procurement_identifiers, and federal_meta_opportunity_id can also return null in the MCP response when the source record does not expose those values.
Attributes
| Field | Type | Attribute |
|---|---|---|
govtribe_id | string | GovTribe ID |
govtribe_type | string | GovTribe type |
govtribe_url | string | GovTribe URL |
file_number | string | File number |
name | string | Name |
protester | string | Protester |
case_type | string | null | Case type |
status | string | null | Status |
outcome | string | null | Outcome |
filed_date | string | null | Filed date |
due_date | string | null | Due date |
decision_date | string | null | Decision date |
available_date | string | null | Available date |
highlights | string | null | Highlights |
decision_text | string | null | Decision text |
pdf_url | string | null | PDF URL |
source_links | object[] | Source links |
procurement_identifiers | object[] | Procurement identifiers |
federal_agency | relationship | Federal agency |
federal_meta_opportunity_id | string | Federal meta opportunity ID |
federal_meta_opportunity | object | null | Federal meta opportunity |
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