Agency that Terminated a Contract in Response to a Protest Did Not Need to Prove the Viability of the Protest to Justify the Termination; CBCA 4968, Optimum Services Inc. v. Department of the Interior

Contractor’s appeal of an agency’s decision to terminate in response to a protest is denied where (1) the decision to terminate was not the result of bad faith, (2) the agency did not need to prove an adverse result from the protest to justify the termination, (3) the contracting officer did not err in considering the advice of others before deciding to terminate, (4) the contractor was not entitled to recover it profits on the contract minimum.