Cherie J. Owen

Court of Federal Claims Bid Protests

• LightBox Parent, L.P. v. United States, No. 22-429 (Aug. 26, 2022) – Successful defense of protest challenging award to a client of a $45 million Federal Communications Commission contract for broadband mapping services.
• ARxIUM, Inc. v. United States, No. 17-1407C (Feb. 16, 2018) – Successful protest of the Defense Logistics Agency’s corrective action following a GAO decision sustaining a challenge to ARxIUM’s award of a contract to provide robotic pharmaceutical automation systems at four large-volume Air Force prescription refill centers.
• Spectrum Healthcare Resources, Inc., No. 22-CV-01368 (Sept. 28, 2022) – Successful protest of DHS’s competitive range decision in $2.62 billion procurement for on-site medical staffing services for detainees at ICE Health Service Corps clinic sites, which resulted in Agency corrective action.
• NXP USA, Inc. v. United States, No. 19-CV-00781 – Successful protest of GPO’s actions in connection with a procurement of next generation Passport eCovers, which resulted in Agency corrective action.

GAO Bid Protests

• Cydecor Inc., B-422942 (Dec. 23, 2024) – Successful defense of protest challenging the General Services Administration’s (GSA’s) award of an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract for personnel and readiness infrastructure support management (PRISM) services on behalf of DOD.
• GAP Sols., Inc., B-422890 (Dec. 10, 2024) – Successful defense of protest challenging award of a $290 million contract by the Army Materiel Command for a holistic health and fitness system in support of the Center for Initial Military Training, Army Training and Doctrine Command.
• Plan. & Analysis, Inc., B-421967.2 (July 30, 2024) – Successful defense of protest challenging award of $85 million contract awarded by DOD, Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) for nuclear enterprise advisory and assistance services.
• AT&T Mobility LLC, B-420494 (May 10, 2022) – Successful protest of Department of Homeland Security, United States Secret Service award of $18 million contract for cellular communications services and equipment.
• NOVA Dine, LLC, B-420454; B-420454.2 (Apr. 15, 2022) – Successful defense of protest challenging DISA’s award of $240 million contract for the Technologies Refreshment and Implementation-Global Solution Management (TRI-GSM) program.
• Fisher Sand & Gravel Co., B-419238 (Jan. 7, 2021) – Successful defense of protest challenging the Army Corps of Engineers’ award of a task order for construction.
• Knowlogy Corp., B-416208.3 (Dec. 20, 2018) – Successful defense of protest challenging GSA’s award of a $45 million contract for information technology training and certification services.
• Successfully protested GSA’s award of a $678 million contract for systems engineering and integration services based on organizational conflicts of interest; obtained agency corrective action, including acceptance of revised proposals and issuance of a new award decision.
• Successfully defended a multimillion-dollar award by the Air Force for aircraft and equipment resulting in dismissal of most protest grounds and withdrawal of the remainder.
• Successfully protested the terms of a solicitation issued by the Navy for base operations support services on the grounds that the solicitation did not contain sufficient information for offerors to compete intelligently and on an equal basis; obtained agency corrective action in the form of solicitation amendments.
• Successfully protested the Army’s award of a $27 million contract for facilities investment services based on arguments regarding lack of meaningful discussions and unreasonable evaluation; obtained agency corrective action.
• Successfully protested NASA’s award of a $275 million contract for software engineering services and obtained agency corrective action.
• Successfully protested the Army’s award of $41 million services contract to support management of a portfolio of warfighting capabilities and obtained corrective action that ultimately resulted in award to the client.
• Successfully protested the Federal Highway Administration’s elimination of an offeror from the competition for data set and data sharing support on the basis of lack of meaningful discussion and an unreasonable evaluation; obtained agency corrective action that allowed the client to reenter the competition.
• Successfully protested the Army’s award of a $49 million small business set aside contract for test technology support services on the basis of a flawed evaluation of professional employee compensation under FAR 52.222-46 and other evaluation errors; obtained agency corrective action that included amending the solicitation, soliciting revised proposals, and making a new award decision.
• Successfully protested the VA’s award of a contract for prescription eyeglasses and associated optical services on the basis of unbalanced pricing, failure to solicit in accordance with the agency’s actual needs, and failure to evaluate proposals on a common baseline; obtained agency corrective action to include revising the solicitation, accepting revised proposals, and making a new award decision.
• Successfully protested the TSA’s award of a $340 million contract for human resources support services on the basis of organizational conflicts of interest and evaluation flaws; obtained agency corrective action.

Other Representative Matters

• Advised multinational energy company regarding its receipt and negotiation of a DOE $16 million cooperative agreement to develop a first in kind engineering-scale demonstration of carbon capture technology for natural gas and other hydrocarbons.
• Advised non-profit recipient of multimillion-dollar CDC grants related to the COVID-19 pandemic regarding negotiations and obligations regarding subrecipients and subcontractors.
• Advised aircraft engineering company regarding contract negotiations and disputes with the U.S. Air Force.