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October 16, 2019 By cs

COFC finds no jurisdiction over SpaceX’s OTA protest

The Court of Federal Claims dismissed SpaceX’s OTA bid protest finding that the court lacks subject matter jurisdiction over this OTA protest.

In a recently released decision, the COFC held that the court did not have Tucker Act jurisdiction to resolve a bid protest challenging the award of Other Transaction Agreements (OTAs).

In this case of first impression, SpaceX challenged the Air Force’s award of three OTAs for launch services. SpaceX acknowledged that the Air Force’s prototype OTAs were not “procurement contracts” under the Tucker Act.  However, SpaceX noted that, following the government’s investment in the development of launch system prototypes under the OTA, the Air Force plans to procure launch services via a competitive procurement during Phase two of the program. As a result, SpaceX argued that the OTA was awarded “in connection with” the Phase two procurement, and therefore subject to Tucker Act jurisdiction.

The court rejected this argument, finding that the OTA award was not “in connection with a procurement or proposed procurement,” as contemplated by the Tucker Act. The court noted that the OTA and procurement competitions involved separate and distinct solicitations with different acquisition strategies, different start dates, and different goals. The court also noted that the Phase two Procurement will not be limited to the companies awarded the prototype OTAs.

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Filed Under: Government Contracting News Tagged With: Air Force, award protest, bid protest, COFC, Court of Federal Claims, OTA, other transaction agreements, other transaction authority, protest, Tucker Act

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