RFO Consolidation Limitations Do Not Apply to BPAs, Says GAO

Contractors tracking the government’s growing reliance on Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPAs) and the rollout of the Revolutionary Federal Acquisition Regulation Overhaul (RFO) should take note of Government Accountability Office (GAO) bid protest decisions interpreting the new rules. A recent GAO decision addressed whether the consolidation analysis that agencies must complete before bundling under RFO Section 7.107-2 applies when the resulting vehicle is a BPA. In FedWriters, Inc.