Fed. Circ. Ruling Highlights Bid Protester Standing Issues

By Stuart Turner and Nathaniel Castellano (September 25, 2018, 1:48 PM EDT) -- A protester must have a genuine stake in the government decision it hopes to challenge. Protesters do not have standing to challenge procurements they cannot hope to perform. There is friction, however, between the need for courts to consider the standing of protesters (e.g., their ability to perform a challenged contract) and the exclusive authority of the procuring agency to perform evaluations. The Federal Circuit's recent decision in CliniComp provides an illustration of this friction....

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