Federal Contractor Drops Solicitation Exclusion Claims as ‘Moot’

The federal contractor QED Group LLC has yielded its claim that the US unfairly excluded it from a large solicitation, ending the case.

QED Group, which does business as Q2 Impact, and Justice Department lawyers on Thursday filed a joint stipulation of dismissal with prejudice to Judge Molly R. Silfen of the US Court of Federal Claims.

The parties said the case should be dropped as “moot,” given the US General Service Administration’s ultimate awarding of a contract to Q2 Impact for unspecified work that appears to be for US defense and intelligence agencies overseas, in light of the court’s ...