Blue Water Fails to Show Conflict Flaw in $257 Million VA Award

Blue Water Thinking LLC couldn’t demonstrate that the US Department of Veterans Affairs unreasonably issued an conflict of interest waiver before awarding GoldPath Communications JV LLC a $257 million health system contract.

The VA contracting officer’s decision to waive any potential future organizational conflict of interest was “sensible” in light of how the “acquisition was in its second year and the contracting officer was conducting her third evaluation,” Judge Richard A. Hertling of the US Court of Federal Claims said in an opinion made public Tuesday. The court had announced its decision to grant judgment on the administrative record to ...