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Airport Public-Private Partnerships Taking Off?

Client Alert | less than 1 min read | 02.29.12

The recently enacted FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 caps the budget for airport improvement funds through FY15, which likely will prompt airports to consider using public-private partnerships (P3s) for infrastructure improvements. Illustrative of this potential, earlier this month the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey announced it is continuing to explore a P3 to design, build, finance, operate, and maintain a new, $3.6 billion Central Terminal Building at LaGuardia Airport and has received "significant interest" from investors, airport construction and development companies, facility operations and management firms, and concession developers in response to an initial request for information.

 

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Client Alert | 3 min read | 07.10.26

Federal Circuit Clarifies Application of Blue & Gold: Proposal Submission Deadline, Not Award, is the Operative Time for Filing

In Utech, Inc. v. United States, No. 24-1586 (Fed. Cir. June 24, 2026), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit clarified that in most cases, a pre-award protest must be filed before the proposal submission deadline to avoid the Blue & Gold waiver rule.  This decision, while nonprecedential, is in line with U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) precedent, which has long held that pre-award protests must be filed before the proposal submission deadline....