Opinion ID: 6661188
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: Army Contracts

Text: Plaintiffs also assert that the Air Force could obtain the medical services in question under existing ID/IQ contracts issued by the Army. Magnum’s Second Supp. Br. at 13-14; Evid. Hearing Tr. at 33-35; see also Exhibit 5 introduced by Magnum Opus at the eviden-tiary hearing on April 22, 2010 (“Ex. 5”). Mr. Mirrow explained that these Army contracts would not be able to absorb a significant portion of the Air Force’s requirements for medical services, because they are subject to ID/IQ maximum caps. Evid. Hearing Tr. at 64. It is unlikely that the Army would be willing to give a significant portion of its maximum caps, which were designed to meet the Army’s needs, to the Air Force. Id. To the extent that the Army did have excess capacity available under the contracts, the Army would charge the Air Force a fee to utilize their contract vehicles. Id. Air Force contracting personnel would also require training to learn to oversee task orders issued through the Army contracts. Id. Once again, the alternative mechanism recommended by plaintiffs is rife with its own associated problems, and would not meaningfully reduce the harm to the Air Force from an immediate injunction.