CEIA’s $5 Million Metal Detectors Contract Withstands Protest

Garrett Electronics Inc. failed to show that procurement flaws by the Federal Protective Service required halting CEIA USA Ltd.'s $5 million contract for walk through metal detectors used in US government buildings, according to a federal claims court.

Garrett argued that CEIA received a competitive advantage from “spoon-fed” information after the agency agreed to take corrective action—and seek revised bids—after Garrett protested at the Government Accountability Office.

The agency conducted fair communications with the bidders by informing them of problems in their bids, Judge Eleni M. Roumel of the US Court of Federal Claims said in an opinion released on ...