Federal Circuit Rules That Statute Requiring Congressional Approval of Certain Leases Governs Appropriations, Not Procurement; Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit No. 2017-2113, Cleveland Assets LLC v. United States

The Court of Federal Claims’ dismissal of a protest challenging the terms of a request for lease proposals is affirmed, where the protester lacked standing to challenge GSA’s actions under a statute requiring it to seek congressional approval of certain high-value leases, because the statute provides direction to GSA on requesting appropriations, not on conducting procurements, and therefore does not fall under the jurisdiction of the Tucker Act.