Arch Chemicals, Inc. v. United States

OPINION AND ORDER

WOLSKI, Judge.

This pre-award bid protest action is before the Court on a motion and cross-motion for judgment upon the administrative record. Plaintiff, Arch Chemicals, Inc. (“Arch”), is the incumbent producer and supplier of hydrazine for defendant United States (“Government”). Arch challenges the solicitation for a new hydrazine contract on two grounds. It argues that the Government’s interpretation of the Solicitation’s domestic source restriction clause is contrary to law or otherwise lacks a rational basis; and that the Solicitation’s price evaluation methodology lacks a…