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Optimum Services, Inc. v. Deb Haaland, Secretary of the Interior

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, No. 20-1087 · judgment November 9, 2020


Certiorari denied · June 1, 2021
Pre-decision estimate: 3% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Question presented

I. Is an agency's termination for convenience of a contract for voluntary corrective action in response to the filing of a post-award bid protest in the Court of Federal Claims subject to review under the Contract Disputes Act ("CDA") for breach of contract, where the record shows that: * the agency knew or should have known that the post-award bid protest had no merit; * the agency knew or should have known that the post-award bid protest was subject to a motion to dismiss for untimeliness; * the agency had a requirement and the funding and ability to perform the contract; and * the termination for convenience was based in part on the agency's stated desire to obtain a better bargain for the same work by terminating the contract and cancelling the solicitation and awarding new contracts for the same work to other contractor(s). II. If a termination for convenience is subject to judicial review for breach of contract under the CDA, what standard(s) of judicial review should be applied when reviewing a termination for convenience for breach of contract under the CDA? III. If a termination for convenience is subject to judicial review for breach of contract under the CDA, should a CDA board of contract appeals give preclusive effect or deference to a non-binding GAO advisory opinion approving of the termination, that was issued months after the termination in

Counsel of record

For petitioner
James Walton Copeland
The Copeland Law Firm, LLC

For respondent
Brian H. Fletcher
Acting Solicitor General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Jun 01 2021
    Petition DENIED.
  2. May 11 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/27/2021.
  3. May 06 2021
    Waiver of right of respondent Haaland, Sec. of Interior to respond filed.
  4. Apr 08 2021
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 14, 2021)