COFC Denies Protest But Notes Possible Procurement Integrity And Antitrust Violations
Client Alert | 1 min read | 06.09.04
In Naplesyacht.com, Inc. v. United States, the Court of Federal Claims denied a protest despite finding that the Navy had abused its discretion in finding the two awardees' proposals technically acceptable, concluding that the protestor had not shown irreparable injury because its damage was limited to lost profit on one boat and because the Navy had assured the court that the awardees would have no advantage in follow-on competitions. However, the court took the unusual measure of providing its opinion to the Antitrust Division of the Justice Department, under seal, based on the proximity of the two awardees' prices, suggesting that one awardee had pre-bid knowledge of the other's proposal, in possible violation of Section 1 of the Sherman Act and Section 423 of the Procurement Integrity Act.
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EU Simplifies Rules on Defense Procurement and Transfers of Defense-Related Products
The European Union has enacted its first major reform of the 2009 directives on defense procurement and intra-EU transfers of defense-related products. The amending directive, which has been adopted as part of the Defense Readiness Omnibus legislative package (also known as “Omnibus V”), aims to simplify and accelerate procedures both for buying defense- and security-related goods, and for transferring such goods between EU Member States.
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