David B. Dixon

David represents clients in pre-award and post-award bid protests at the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and the U.S. Court of Federal Claims (COFC), as well as in size and status protests at the U.S. Small Business Administration. He also assists clients in recovering uncompensated contract costs through litigating, arbitrating or negotiating claims against the government, and regularly representing clients when contracts have been terminated for default or convenience. David also advises clients during the procurement preparation and proposal process, including, among other things, conducting compliance audits and due diligence, conducting organizational conflict of interest (OCI) reviews and developing OCI mitigation plans.

• Sustained GAO bid protest of multiple GSA MAS Blanket Purchase Agreement awards valued at $65 million to support the Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration in providing workforce investment activities, resulting in corrective action and an award to DevTech. DevTech Systems, Inc., B-423255.1, Jan 22, 2025.
• Granted size appeal reversing the SBA Area Office’s size determination that the awardee, a joint venture, was a small business for a Navy small business set aside contract for architect and engineering services. Acacia7 JV, SBA No. SIZ-6331, Jan. 22, 2025.
• Sustained GAO bid protest of the award of a $37 million health insurance marketplace and financial management operational analytics task order issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, resulting in corrective action. A Square Group, LLC, B-421792.4, Oct. 30, 2024.
• Successfully defended Epsilon Systems Solutions Inc. against a GAO bid protest of the award of ship repair contract issued by the Navy. Pacific Shipyards International, LLC, B-422956 et al., Oct. 22, 2024.
• Sustained GAO bid protest of the award of a $34 million supplemental security testing task order issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, resulting in corrective action. Sparksoft Corporation, B-422440.3, Aug. 13, 2024.
• Sustained GAO bid protest of the award of a $34 million supplemental security testing task order issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Sparksoft Corporation, B-422440.1 et al., Jun. 25, 2024.
• Sustained GAO bid protest of the award of a $37 million health insurance marketplace and financial management operational analytics task order issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. A Square Group, LLC, B-421792.2 et al., Jun. 13, 2024.
• Successfully defended Softrams, LLC, in a size appeal of the SBA Area Office’s denial of a size protest for lack of standing. Radiant Infotech, LLC, SBA No. SIZ-6279, Apr. 23, 2024.
• Sustained bid protest before the COFC regarding two Navy ship repair procurements at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, resulting in corrective action and awards to Epsilon. Epsilon Systems Solutions Inc. v. United States, No. 24-557C, No. 24-558C (Apr. 14, 2024).
• Sustained GAO bid protest of contract awards valued at $450 million for Agile system development support services issued by the Library of Congress. Softrams, LLC, B-421801.2 et al., Jan. 30, 2024.
• Successfully defended Sparksoft Corporation against a GAO bid protest of the award of a $53 million digital services support task order issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Global Alliant, Inc., B-421859 et al., Nov. 7, 2023.
• Sustained GAO bid protest of an ENCORE III task order award valued at $80 million to provide information technology services, resulting in the award to Innovations JV. Innovations JV, LLC, B-422019.1, Oct. 24, 2023.
• Sustained ODRA bid protest of a contract award issued by the Federal Aviation Administration that resulted in corrective action. Sparksoft Corporation, 23-ODRA-00936, Jul. 19, 2023.
• Sustained bid protest of contract awards issued by the Department of Labor that resulted in corrective action. Astor & Saunders Corp., B-421735.2, Jul. 3, 2023.
• Represented five protesters, each receiving sustained decisions, in largest GAO bid protest ever regarding the $50 billion National Institutes of Health Chief Information Officer-Solutions and Partners 4 (CIO-SP4) contract for information technology services. Systems Plus, Inc., et al., B-419956.184 et al., Jun. 29, 2023.
• Sustained GAO bid protest of a contract award issued by the Naval Facilities Engineering Command that resulted in corrective action. Epsilon Systems Solutions Inc., B-421541.1, Mar. 30, 2023.
• Sustained GAO bid protest of the award of a data analytics task order valued at $52 million issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Sparksoft Corporation, No. B-420944 et al., Dec. 27, 2022.
• Sustained GAO bid protest of an award issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services that resulted in corrective action. Sky Solutions LLC, B-421139.1, Dec. 2, 2022.
• Sustained GAO bid protest of a contract award issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services that resulted in corrective action. Skyward IT Solutions, LLC, B-421105.1, Oct. 26, 2022.
• Sustained GAO bid protest of a contract award issued by the Department of Health and Human Services that resulted in corrective action. Sparksoft Corporation, B-421202.1, Oct. 19, 2022.
• Led successful bid protest before the COFC of a contract award by the Health Resources and Services Administration that forced corrective action and resulted in an award to Sparksoft. Sparksoft Corporation v. United States, COFC No. 22-909C (Sept. 14, 2022).
• Sustained GAO bid protest of a contract award issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services that resulted in corrective action. Sparksoft Corporation, B-420944.1, Aug. 30, 2022.
• Sustained GAO bid protest of a contract award issued by the Department of Health and Human Services that resulted in corrective action. Index Analytics, LLC, B-420815.1, Jul. 1, 2022.
• Successfully defended Sparksoft Corporation against a GAO bid protest of a SPARC task order award valued at $35 million issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Quality Technology, Inc., B-420576.3, Jun. 30, 2022.
• Successfully converted a termination of a contract for default into a termination for the convenience of the government. Visual Connections, LLC v. United States, CBCA Nos. 7046, 7143 (June 10, 2022).
• Sustained GAO bid protest of an award valued at $31 million for Marketplace Service Deck services issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services that forced corrective action and an award to Sparksoft. Sparksoft Corporation, B-420576.2, Mar. 28, 2022.
• Sustained GAO bid protest of the award of a GSA FSS task order valued at $27 million issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for operations and management of the agency’s identity management system. Chags Health Information Technology, LLC, B-419927.4 et al., Feb. 7, 2022.
• Successfully defended Sparksoft Corporation against a GAO bid protest of a SPARC task order award valued at $30 million for integrated systems testing services issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Data Computer Corporation of America, B-419033.4 et al., Aug. 3, 2021.
• Sustained GAO bid protest of a public financial management task order award valued at $27 million issued by the U.S. Agency for International Development. DevTech Systems, Inc., B-418273.3 et al., Dec. 22, 2020.
• Sustained bid protest before the D.C. Contract Appeals Board of the award of the District’s Medicaid Management Information System contract valued at $167 million. Conduent State Healthcare, LLC, CAB No. P-1120, Aug. 20, 2020.
• Sustained GAO bid protest of the Provider Enrollment and Oversite (PEO) contract award valued at $2 billion issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services that forced corrective action and resulted in an award to C-HIT. Chags Health Information Technology, LLC, B-419051.1, Sept. 14, 2020.
• Sustained GAO bid protest of a public financial management task order award valued at $27 million issued by the U.S. Agency for International Development resulting in corrective action. DevTech Systems, Inc., B-418273.2, May 14, 2020.
• Sustained GAO bid protest of a Navy contract award for ship repair services at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam that forced corrective action and resulted in an award to Epsilon. Epsilon Systems Solutions Inc., B-418227.1, Nov. 6, 2019.
• Successfully defended Chags Health Information Technology, LLC against a bid protest of a task order award issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services before the COFC. Akira Technologies, Inc. v. United States, No. 19-1160C (Oct. 10, 2019).
• Successfully defended Ace Info Solutions, Inc. against a GAO bid protest of a task order award valued at $102 million issued by the Department of Commerce, NOAA, for weather and climate computing infrastructure services. CyberData Technologies, Inc., B-417084.3, Jun. 6, 2019.
• Successfully defended Sparksoft Corporation against a GAO bid protest of a task order award valued at $39 million issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to obtain operation, maintenance, and development of the Multidimensional Information Data Analytics System (MIDAS). Arch Systems, LLC, B-417110.5 et al., May 23, 2019.
• Sustained GAO bid protest of the award of the Chief Information Officer-Solutions and Partners 3 contract valued at $20 billion issued by the National Institutes of Health. Chags Health Information Technology, LLC, B-413104.30, et al., Apr. 11, 2019.
• Sustained pre-award bid protest before the COFC of a solicitation issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in a procurement valued at $45 million for operations and maintenance of the agency’s Data Services Hub. Sparksoft Corporation v. United States, COFC No. 18-1708C (Jan. 24, 2019).
• Successfully defended CollabraLink Technologies, Inc. against a GAO bid protest of a task order award valued at $46 million for information technology support services issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Visual Connections, LLC, B-416759, Dec. 4, 2018.
• Successfully defended Next Phase Solutions and Services, Inc. against a GAO bid protest of a SPARC task order award valued at $75 million for master data management enterprise services issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. CORMAC Corporation, B-416160 et al., June 26, 2018.
• Sustained GAO bid protest of an EAGLE II task order award valued at $192 million issued by the Department of Homeland Security for information technology operations support services. Ace Info Solutions, Inc., B-414650.10 et al., May 21, 2018.
• Sustained GAO bid protest of the award of the Public Financial Management II contract valued at $475 million issued by the U.S. Agency for International Development forcing corrective action and resulting in an award to DevTech. DevTech Systems, Inc., B-416352, May 17, 2018.
• Successfully settled a CDA claim for unpaid costs regarding a Navy contract terminated for the convenience of the government. Nokomis, Inc. v. United States, COFC No. 15-657 (Nov. 3, 2017).
• Led successful defense of corrective action resulting from Rainmakers Strategic Solutions, LLC v. United States (COFC No. 17-110C). Novak Birch, Inc. v. United States, COFC No. 17-559C (Jul. 12, 2017).
• Led successful protest before the COFC of a task order award valued at $41 million for general education and outreach services by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, forcing corrective action. Rainmakers Strategic Solutions, LLC v. United States, COFC No. 17-110C (April 11, 2017).
• Represented four protesters in successful GAO bid protests of the awards under the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Strategic Partners Acquisition Readiness Contract valued at $25 billion, forcing corrective action and payment of protest costs, and resulting in awards to the protesters. Chags Health Information Technology, LLC; Grove Resource Solutions, Inc.; Next Phase Solutions and Services, Inc; Sparksoft Corporation; et al. - Costs, B-413116.38, et al., Apr. 19, 2017.
• Sustained GAO bid protest of the awards under the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Strategic Partners Acquisition Readiness Contract valued at $25 billion, forcing corrective action and payment of protest costs. Octo Consulting Group, Inc. - Costs, B-413116.50, Dec. 14, 2016.
• Successfully defended Dismas Charities, Inc. against a GAO bid protest of a contract awarded by the Federal Bureau of Prisons for Residence Reentry Services. Western Alternative Corrections, Inc., B-412326, Jan. 19, 2016.

• Speaking Engagements
  • “Small Business,” Pub K Annual Review 2025, February 12, 2025.
  • “Update – Mandatory FAR Flow-Down Clauses and Best Practices,” Public Contracting Institute’s Supply Chain Symposium, January 22, 2025.
  • “Top Five Bid Protest Trends in 2024,” GovCon East 2025, January 16, 2025.
  • “Federal Construction Compliance: PLAs, The DBA, and Other Risks Facing Government Contractors,” GovCon East 2025, January 16, 2025.
  • “Mandatory FAR Flow-Down Clauses and Best Practices,” Public Contracting Institute’s Supply Chain Symposium, January 17, 2024.
  • Supply Chain Symposium – Bid Protests: The Increasing Divide Between GAO and COFC, Pillsbury’s 2023 East Coast Government Contracts Summit, Northern Virginia, May 16, 2023. Moderator.
  • The Contract Disputes Act: Termination Trends and Mitigation Strategies, Pillsbury’s 2023 East Coast Government Contracts Summit, Northern Virginia, May 16, 2023.
  • Bid Protests – Newly Activist COFC Judiciary and Agencies’ Continuing Trend Toward Corrective Action, Pillsbury’s 2023 West Coast Government Contracts Summit, San Diego, April 20, 2023.
  • International GovCon Issues: How Geopolitical Conflicts Are Affecting Procurement in the U.S., Pillsbury’s 2023 West Coast Government Contracts Summit, San Diego, April 20, 2023.
  • Supply Chain Symposium –Mandatory FAR Flow-Down Clauses and Best Practices, Public Contracting Institute's Supply Chain Symposium, January 17, 2023.
  • Do the Results Justify the Investment? A Dive into the Key Contract Disputes Act Cases of the Past 12 Months, Pillsbury’s Annual East Coast Government Contracts Summit, Tysons, VA, May 14, 2019.
  • Playing Offense and Defense: Strategies for Effective Bid Protests, Pillsbury’s Annual East Coast Government Contracts Summit, Tysons, VA, May 14, 2019.
  • Advanced Flow-Downs, Mandatory DFARS Clauses, and Best Practices, February 20, 2019.
  • Mandatory FAR Flow-Down Clauses and Best Practices, January 16, 2019.
  • Speaker, Agency Counsel’s Perspective Panel, and Practitioner’s Perspective Panel – Perspectives on Bid Protests (June 21, 2018 – McLean, VA)
  • Pillsbury’s Government Contracts Fall 2017 Briefing – Panel on Protest Updates; Panel on Cybersecurity (Oct. 3, 2017 – Tysons, VA)
  • Supply Chain Symposium – Advanced Flow-Downs, Mandatory DFARS Clauses and Best Practices, Public Contracting Institute (February 15, 2017; May 18, 2016)
  • Supply Chain Symposium – Mandatory and Suggested FAR Flow-Down Clauses and Best Practice, Public Contracting Institute (January 17, 2018; January 18, 2017; January 20, 2016)
• Publications
  • Federal Claims Court Says GAO Corrective Action Recommendation Irrational, Thomson Reuters, Practitioner Insights Commentaries, Authors: David B. Dixon, Toghrul Shukurlu, Aleksey Dabbs, and Alexis P. Landrum, June 25, 2024.
  • Kingdomware Revisited: VA’s “Rule of Two” takes priority over AbilityOne, Pratt’s Government Contracting Law Report, Authors: David B. Dixon, Toghrul Shukurlu, January 2019, Vol. 5 No. 1.