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Historically, bid protests were filed in the federal district courts. Under the Administrative Procedures Act, 5 U.S.C. § 702, federal district courts reviewed challenges to agency procurement decisions.
Known as the “Scanwell Doctrine,” this federal district court authority was named after the 1970 D.C. Circuit Court decision in
Scanwell Lab., Inc. v. Schaffer, 424 F.2d 859 (D.C. Cir. 1970). If you are filing a bid protest, it is important to hire a knowledgeable attorney to guide you through this sometimes complex process.
In 1996, the Administrative Dispute Resolution Act (ADRA), 28 U.S.C. § 1491(b)(1), specifically granted federal district courts jurisdiction to hear challenges to pre- and post-award bid protests. The ADRA, however, included a sunset provision divesting the federal district courts of that jurisdiction by 2001.
Tuesday, March 2, 2021
On March 1, 2021, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) publicly released a report entitled
Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Action Plan. GAO found that EPA completed three of six selected regulatory-related actions for addressing PFAS outlined in the
PFAS Action Plan. For two of the three completed actions, the steps EPA took were also in response to the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2020 (FY20 NDAA):
After proposing a supplemental significant new use rule (SNUR) in February 2020, EPA met a June 2020 deadline set in the FY20 NDAA when the EPA Administrator signed the final rule. Among other things, under the final rule, articles containing certain PFAS as a surface coating, and carpet containing certain PFAS, can no longer be imported into the United States without EPA review; and
Dr. Mateus answers teachers’ questions about ventilation and COVID-19 at Alabama rank-and-file meeting
On February 27, the Alabama Educators Rank-and-File Safety Committee hosted an online meeting titled “The CDC vs. Science: What teachers, parents & students need to know.” The meeting was organized after the release of politically motivated guidelines on school reopenings by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on February 12.
An Alabama public school teacher chaired the meeting, which was attended by educators from across that state as well as California, Georgia, Hawaii, Florida, Illinois, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Mexico, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia. The featured speaker was
THE Saipan Chamber of Commerce supports U.S. Congressman Gregorio Kilili Camachoâs efforts to delay the implementation of the proposed minimum wage increase in the CNMI.
Saipan Chamber of Commerce president Joe C. Guerrero speaks during the chamberâs meeting in the Hyatt ballroom on Wednesday.
Photo by Emmanuel T. Erediano
Although the $15 minimum wage proposal is likely to be taken out of the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan, the U.S. Democrats are expected to introduce it in a separate measure.
Kilili, who caucuses with the Democrats, earlier said he would introduce a bill to delay for 18 months the implementation of a federal wage hike in the CNMI.
A watchdog agency on Tuesday again classified the 2020 census as high risk because of efforts last fall by the Trump administration to shorten the door-knocking and data-processing phases of the once-a-decade head count of every U.S. resident. The compressed time frame for data collection increased the risk of compromised data quality, the U.S. Government […]