Avoiding Common Bid Protest Mistakes
Format: Live webinar (on-demand recording available on September 18, 2025)
Date: September 11, 2025
Time: 1:00 p.m. EDT
Duration: Approx. 90 minutes
Presented by: John Holtz and Gregory Weber, Koprince McCall Pottroff, LLC
Learning Credits: 1.5 CPEs, 1.5 ATCs
*Your registration includes access to the on-demand recording.
Bid protests are an unavoidable part of federal contracting and are becoming more frequent as competition intensifies. Often, the outcome of litigation is influenced by what happens before a protest is even filed. To improve your chances of success, it is essential to avoid common pitfalls in the bidding process and to develop a solid understanding of how the protest process works. Knowing the rules, regulations, and timelines that govern bid protests is key to protecting your company’s opportunities.
In this course, government contracting attorneys John Holtz and Gregory Weber will walk participants through the most common mistakes contractors make during the protest process—and how to avoid them.
Topics will include:
- The difference between size/status protests and bid protests
- What a pre-bid protest is and why it matters
- Key deadlines for filing protests and how debriefs can affect them
- The fundamentals of a debrief
- Frequent pitfalls that undermine protest success
Target Audience: Federal government contractors, APEX procurement counselors, and any contractors who may face a bid protest.
Speakers
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Greg WeberSenior Associate Attorney, Koprince McCall Pottroff LLCGregory is a Senior Associate Attorney at Koprince McCall Pottroff LLC. Greg’s practice area covers a wide variety of issues pertaining to federal government contracts law. When tackling issues for clients, Greg relies on his experience in complex federal and state regulatory matters to help clients navigate the intricate web of federal government contracts law and its administrative processes. He also uses his skills in research, communication, and drafting to provide clients with clear and concise solutions for many of their varied needs in several areas of government contracts litigation, including GAO bid protests and SBA size and status protests. He is also a regular contributor to the government contracting blog SmallGovCon.
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John HoltzSenior Associate, Koprince McCall Pottroff LLCJohn Holtz is a Senior Associate at Koprince McCall Pottroff LLC. Having developed a wide range of experience in various areas of legal practice before joining us, he excels at the practice of federal government contracting law. John assists small businesses in FAR and SBA compliance issues, 8(a) Program certifications, HUBZone certifications, SDVOSB certifications, transactional issues such as joint ventures, subcontracts, mentor protege agreements, and teaming agreements, and regularly litigates GAO bid protests, size and status protests (including under the SDVOSB program), and claims. John is also a regular contributor on government contracting legal topics, on SmallGovCon.com. You can contact him at jholtz@koprince.com.
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