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.
Use status to separate open and closed protest records, and pair it with outcome when you need to tell a closed protest apart from the final decision result.
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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