Reconsideration of an order setting aside the government's override of an automatic stay of contract performance was denied by the Court of Federal Claims because the court was not required to apply the four-factor test for injunctions. The government moved for reconsideration of the court's ruling that the override of the automatic stay that became effective upon the filing of a General Accounting Office bid protest was arbitrary, capricious, and an abuse of discretion ( 56 CCF ¶79,718). According to the government, a declaration that an override is unlawful has the same effect as an injunction, so the court should have applied the traditional four-factor analysis for injunctions.
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