This text is not in eCFR or DITA. It is extracted from the .docx attachment for Class Deviation 2026-O0026, which directs contracting officers to use it in place of the codified PGI. The parsed text is a convenience layer; the .docx attachment is authoritative.
(b) Protested acquisitions valued at $1 billion or more. If a protest is filed against a competitively awarded major defense acquisition program or an acquisition of services
valued at $1 billion or more, the agency involved will brief the Principal Director, Defense Pricing, Contracting, and Acquisition Policy, within 10 days of the filing. The briefing must outline—
(1) The basis of the protest;
(2) The agency’s position; and
(3) Any other information the agency deems relevant to the protest.
(c) Reporting requirement for protests of solicitations or awards.
(1) The Protest Tracker on the Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment
(PIEE) (accessible at https://piee.eb.mil/) is the bid protest data repository required by section 822(c) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Pub. L. 115-232).
(2) When protests involving the same contract or proposed award, valued at
any amount, have been filed at both the Government Accountability Office and the U.S.
Court of Federal Claims (COFC), the contracting officer must report the protest
information required in the Protest Tracker no later than 10 days after the outcome of the protest at the COFC.
(3) Instructions for reporting protest information in the Protest Tracker are
available on the PIEE webpage.
Authoritative source
Issued as an attachment to the Office of the Secretary of Defense memorandum for Class Deviation 2026-O0026, signed August 24, 2026. Verify against the attachment before relying on this text.
- .docx attachment for Class Deviation 2026-O0026
- Class Deviation 2026-O0026 memorandum (PDF)
- Class Deviation 2026-O0026 on part52.dev
Codified PGI
The codified text remains published on acquisition.gov but is superseded by this Class Deviation. View codified PGI 233.170.