Government did not exercise option year

If you did not exercise the option, then the contract has expired and you no longer have an option to exercise. You might be able to persuade the contractor to let you do it, but then you have to face the possibility that someone will protest that you have conducted a new procurement without competition. I don't know how such a protest might turn out.

No X option. No K. To the best of my knowledge no avail precendent to violate K law. Defer to higher. File an MFR.

In this case the government mistakenly did not exercise an option year for an ID/IQ contract, the services are required and existing task orders are outstanding. Is there a precedent for exercising the option say 6 months late?

Thanks, Vern