The Court of Federal Claims enjoined the government from proceeding with corrective action because the corrective action lacked a rational basis and was contrary to law, and the balance of other factors favored issuing a preliminary injunction. The protester, the initial awardee of a firm-fixed-price contract to construct an aircraft maintenance hangar, sought to enjoin the suspension of its performance and corrective action proposed by the government in response to a Government Accountability Office protest. The request for proposals stated the contract would be awarded without discussions based on a best value determination considering past performance and price. In making the initial award, the government established a "competitive range" that included only the protester. The corrective action expanded the competitive range to include the three offerors with the best combination of price and past performance and permitted the three offerors to submit revised proposals.
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