Government Wins Appeal of Special Forces Contract Decision (1)

The US government partially won its challenge to a lower court ruling that halted performance of a special operations training contract, the Federal Circuit said Wednesday.

The US Court of Federal Claims claims ruled in August 2021 that the Army must halt F3EA performance of a maximum value $245 million Special Operations training contract because the agency improperly concluded that the awardee’s bid complied with a mandatory teaming arrangement requirement.

But the contract award wasn’t arbitrary and capricious, and the Army reasonably found that F3EA’s proposal was acceptable, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit said, remanding the ...