"Perfection is the enemy of progress." Attributed to Winston Churchill

Connected Global Solutions, LLC and American Roll-On Roll-Off Carrier Group Inc. v. U. S. and HomeSafe Alliance, LLC, No. 22-292C, 22-317C, November 15, 2022.

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“Perfection is the enemy of progress,” an adage aptly describing many aspects of the government procurement process. The search for a perfect procurement, proposal, or even performance would be in vain. Arbiters are tasked with deciding whether protested procurements pass muster; accepting less violates the law and disregards notions of transparency and fairness. Requiring more is likewise infeasible; it impairs government agencies, awardees, and ultimately taxpayers. It is within these parameters that the Court decides whether the United States has acted arbitrarily, capriciously, or in violation of the law in conducting the subject procurement.