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60 A.F. L. Rev. 91 (2007)
Ensuring CICA Overrides Are Reasonable, Supportable, and Less Vulnerable to Attack: Practical Recommendations in Light of Recent COFC Cases

handle is hein.journals/airfor60 and id is 93 raw text is: ENSURING CICA STAY OVERRIDES ARE REASONABLE, SUPPORTABLE, AND LESS VULNERABLE TO ATTACK: PRACTICAL RECOMMENDATIONS IN LIGHT OF RECENT COFC CASES MJOR KEVINJ. WILKINSON MAJOR DENNIS C. EHLERS I. INTRODUCTION ......................................................................... 92 II. THE CICA STAY: PURPOSE AND STANDARDS ........................... 93 III. THE CICA STAY AND THE FAR .................................................. 95 IV. AIR FORCE MANDATORY PROCEDURES FOR HCA OVERRIDES ..... 96 V. JUDICIAL REVIEW OF AGENCY OVERRIDES ................................ 97 VI. ANALYSIS: KEYS TO ENSURING OVERRIDES ARE REASONABLE, SUPPORTABLE, AND LESS VULNERABLE TO ATTACK ................... 101 A. Impact on the Air Force if Award or Performance Delayed.. 101 B. The Incumbent versus the Awardee, and Other Reasonable A lternatives ............................................................................ 103 1. Incum bent Contractor ...................................................... 103 2. Particular Awardee .......................................................... 104 3. All Reasonable Alternatives ........................................ 106 C. Likelihood, Risks, and Costs of GAO Sustaining the Protest 107 D. Likelihood and Costs of a Court Overturning the Override ... 108 E. Competition in Contracting and Congressional Policy .......... 108 F. Lack of Advance Planning and Building in Time for Protest 110 G . The Adm inistrative Record .................................................... 111 V II. C ON CLU SION ............................................................................ 112 CICA Stay Overrides 91 Major Kevin J. Wilkinson (B.A., Brigham Young University (1994); J.D., cum laude, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University (1997); LL.M. in Government Procurement Law, with highest honors, The George Washington University Law School (2006)) is a Federal Court Trial Attorney at the Commercial Litigation Division of the Air Force Legal Operations Agency in Arlington, Virginia. Major Dennis C. Ehlers (J.D./MB.A., University of Georgia School of Law, cum laude, and Graduate Business School (1991)), is a partner with the Washington, D.C. law firm of McManus, Schor, Asmar & Darden, LLP specializing in Government Contract Law and Construction Litigation. Major Ehlers is in the United States Air Force Reserve, assigned to the Commercial Litigation Division of the Air Force Legal Operations Agency in Arlington, Virginia. He is also an LL.M candidate in The George Washington University Law School Government Procurement Law program.

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