Opinion ID: 210574
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Review of the Proposed Corrective Action

Text: 8 On appeal, Chapman and the United States both argue that the Court of Federal Claims erred when it determined that the Government's first proposed corrective action was unreasonable. According to Chapman, the Court of Federal Claims' finding that Greenleaf should be included in the small business tier of the competitive range is in error since the SBA decision that Greenleaf was a small business came after the contract was awarded to Chapman. According to the Government, the Court of Federal Claims erred because the Government's first proposed corrective action placed the parties in the same positions they occupied prior to the events giving rise to the protest and rendered all of Chapman's and Greenleaf's legally cognizable claims either moot or premature. We reject each of these arguments. 9 First, the SBA determination that Greenleaf was a small business applies to this procurement because there had not been a binding final award. Moreover, the Government was requesting a revised proposal from Chapman and possibly other offerors. Second, the Government's argument that its first proposed corrective action rendered all of Chapman's and Greenleaf's claims moot or premature is also incorrect, as the corrective action effectively left out Greenleaf. Simply put, the Court of Federal Claims' inquiry into the reasonableness of the Government's first proposed corrective action, and the court's subsequent determination that the proposed corrective action was not reasonable, were proper.