{"id":899508,"date":"2022-01-18T15:23:53","date_gmt":"2022-01-18T22:23:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/?p=899508"},"modified":"2022-01-18T15:23:58","modified_gmt":"2022-01-18T22:23:58","slug":"bid-protests-in-prejudice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/bid-protests-in-prejudice\/","title":{"rendered":"Federal Circuit Weighs in on Prejudice in Bid Protests"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Aron C. Beezley and Patrick R. Quigley | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buildsmartbradley.com\/2022\/01\/federal-circuit-weighs-in-on-prejudice-in-bid-protests\/?utm_source=Bradley+Arant+Boult+Cummings+LLP+-+BuildSmart&amp;utm_campaign=8c253b2942-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_b504caf31b-8c253b2942-78863422\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Buildsmart<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ringing out 2021, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cafc.uscourts.gov\/opinions-orders\/21-1469.OPINION.12-30-2021_1886970.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\"><em>Systems Studies &amp; Simulation, Inc. v. United States<\/em><\/a>, recently held that there generally is no presumption that a protester has suffered competitive prejudice, even where the protester has successfully demonstrated that an agency\u2019s evaluation was irrational. This article provides a brief overview of this noteworthy case, as well as key takeaways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Facts<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>System Studies &amp; Simulation, Inc. (S3), an unsuccessful bidder for a government contract, filed a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/bid-protests-10-reasons-to-intervene\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">bid protest<\/a> in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims (COFC). The COFC found that the government had acted irrationally in one respect during its evaluation of S3\u2019s proposal, but nevertheless denied S3 relief on the ground that S3 did not suffer competitive prejudice as a result of this irrational evaluation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On appeal to the Federal Circuit, S3 argued that there is, as a matter of law, a presumption of prejudice to the protester whenever the COFC determines that the procuring agency acted irrationally in evaluating proposals or making an award decision. Specifically, relying on the Federal Circuit\u2019s decision in&nbsp;<em>Impresa<\/em>&nbsp;<em>Construzioni Geom. Domenico Garufi v. United States<\/em>, 238 F.3d 1324 (Fed. Cir. 2001), S3 argued that there exists an implicit presumption of prejudice where agency irrationality has been established.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Federal Circuit, however, rejected S3\u2019s argument and held that \u201cthere is no presumption of prejudice when a protestor demonstrates irrationality in an agency decision.\u201d Instead, \u201c[t]he protestor must show prejudice under the usual standard.\u201d The Federal Circuit also rejected the protester\u2019s challenge to the COFC\u2019s \u201cparticular finding of no demonstrated prejudice in this case,\u201d concluding that there was no clear error in the COFC\u2019s decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Takeaway<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Coming on the last federal workday of 2021, the Federal Circuit\u2019s decision affirms the principle that competitive prejudice is an essential element of a viable bid protest. That principle now, without doubt, applies both when a disappointed offeror challenges a contract award before the COFC based on a lack of rationality and when the award violates statutes or regulations. Thus, the Federal Circuit\u2019s decision removes some confusion that had existed in prior COFC cases and provides clarity on bid protest pleading standards to the government contracting bar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>If one of your cases is in need of a construction expert, estimates, insurance appraisal or umpire services in defect or insurance disputes &#8211; please call Advise &amp; Consult, Inc. at 888.684.8305, or email experts@adviseandconsult.net.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aron C. Beezley and Patrick R. Quigley | Buildsmart Ringing out 2021, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, in\u00a0Systems Studies &amp; Simulation, Inc. v. United States, recently held that there generally is no presumption that a protester has suffered competitive prejudice, even where the protester has successfully demonstrated that an agency\u2019s evaluation&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/bid-protests-in-prejudice\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Federal Circuit Weighs in on Prejudice in Bid Protests<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[14],"tags":[9895,11612],"class_list":["post-899508","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-construction-2","tag-advise-consult","tag-bid-protest","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Federal Circuit Weighs in on Prejudice in Bid Protests - Advise &amp; 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