Southfork Systems, Inc. v. The United States, and State of Texas, Acting Through the Texas Commission for the Blind

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• holding that trial court properly dismissed protestor’s counts which challenged the government’s promulgation of “regulations that the Air Force followed in conducting” the procurement at issue
• stating that “[w]e never have said, however, that violation of a statute or regulation constitutes a per se breach of the government’s duty to treat all bidders fairly and honestly”
• noting that if a plaintiff wishes to “challenge the validity of a regulation governing a procurement, the proper method of doing so is to bring an action in federal district court under the [APA]”
• If the Government breaches- its implied contract to consider bids fairly and honestly, then the United States Court of Federal Claims also “has the power to award equitable relief.”
• “The ultimate standard for determining whether an unsuccessful bidder is entitled to relief on the ground that the government breached the implied-in-faet contract to consider all bids fairly and honestly is whether the government’s conduct was arbitrary and capricious.”

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