Corrective action
Also called: corrective action, agency corrective action, protest corrective action, re-evaluation, re-competition
Corrective action is the voluntary step an agency takes in response to a bid protest, such as re-evaluating proposals, reopening discussions, amending the solicitation or terminating an award, which usually ends the protest without a decision on its merits.
The term comes from GAO's bid protest practice under 4 CFR Part 21 and FAR 33.104, where GAO dismisses a protest as academic once the agency commits to a fix, and from FAR 33.103 for agency-level protests. Corrective action can be as narrow as re-looking at one evaluation factor or as broad as cancelling the solicitation and starting over. GAO generally defers to the agency's choice of remedy as long as it addresses the problem, and a protester who thinks the fix is inadequate may protest the corrective action itself. Far more protests end this way than in a sustained decision, which is the practical reason a well-grounded protest is worth filing.
What to check: exactly what the agency said it will do, whether proposals may be revised and by whom, the new timeline, and whether the stay of performance remains in place. If you are the awardee, corrective action can take back the contract you had already won.
What it is not: an admission of error, and not a sustain. GAO's annual report counts the two separately.
See also: Bid protest, Debrief, Award notice, Amendment and the Q&A period
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