Lowe v. Derrick

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• ruling that contracting officer’s rejection of bid because bid bond’s authenticating documents lacked original signatures was contrary to law where surety bound itself to obligations of bond
• holding that a non- original signature can be minor informality under FAR § 14.405
• finding irreparable harm because protesting bidder is entitled only to bid preparation costs; the only way to recover lost profits is by equitable relief
• noting the “usual rule” that a “mere loss of money does not qualify as irreparable harm if the party can be made whole through money damages when the claim is resolved on the merits”
• “In a bid protest the Government does not have the burden of proof to show that the contracting officer acted reasonably in rejecting a bid. The burden is entirely plaintiffs.”
• non-original signature can be minor informality

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).