United States Federal Circuit

The decision of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims interpreting the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) to allow the U.S. Department of Labor to select a contractor for the Blue Ridge Job Corps Center program through a set-aside for small businesses, is affirmed, where: 1) under the WIA, a selection process confined to multiple small businesses bidding to operate a Job Corp Center (JCC) satisfies the statutory "competitive basis" requirement; and thus, 2) the Claims Court properly construed the WIA to provide DOL the flexibility to use small business set-asides for selecting JCC operators.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/21/2013
• Published 11/21/2013

Judges

• CHEN

Court

• United States Federal Circuit

Counsel