Bid Protests – Filing a COFC Protest
“Established in 1855 as the United States Court of Claims, the COFC was granted bid protest jurisdiction through the Tucker Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1491, as amended by the Administrative Dispute Resolutions Act (ADRA) of 1996, Pub. L. No. 104-320, § 12, 110 Stat. 3870, 3874 (1996),” posts DBL Lawyers in their blog.
“The Tucker Act grants the COFC jurisdiction to decide any claim for damages against the United States founded upon the Constitution, an Act of Congress, agency regulation, or express or implied-in-fact contracts with the United States (with the exception of torts). Through the ADRA, the COFC was granted jurisdiction to hear pre- and post- award bid protests.”
