National Energy Security Operations sued the Department of Energy after losing a bid to manage the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. The court rejected National Energy's protest, finding that nearly all of its arguments had no merit and the one error DOE made didn't affect the outcome. This case shows that bid protests rarely succeed unless you can prove the government made a significant mistake that actually hurt your chances of winning.
Most bid protest arguments fail on the merits—you need strong, specific evidence of government error, not just disagreement with evaluation decisions