The United States v. International Business MacHines Corporation

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• holding that an unsuccessful bidder ranked fourth lowest who did not challenge “either the solicitation itself or the eligibility of the intervening bidders” did not have standing
• concluding that a bid protestor had “at best, a trivial in- terest in the award” and therefore no economic interest where, if the protest were successful, the award would go to another party
• holding that “interested party” standing requires a responsive bid
• “The speculative prospect of cancellation of the solicitation and initiation of a new one is insufficient to suffuse all other bidders with the requisite interest to support standing.”
• “The speculative prospect of cancellation of the solicitation and initiation of a new one is insufficient to suffuse all other bidders with the requisite interest to support standing.”

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