Blue Dot Energy Co. v. United States

MEMORANDUM OPINION REGARDING PLAINTIFF’S STANDING AND ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

BRADEN, Judge.

This post-award bid protest case presents what appeal’s to be a simple jurisdictional issue:

Whether plaintiff has standing to protest the award of a sole-source contract by the Air Force, even though the plaintiff did not have a certificate of convenience and neeessity required by state law to perform the contract?

The more important and controlling questions, however, are:

Whether the Air Force knowingly misconstrued and misapplied both federal and state statutes to avoid compliance with the congressionally…