Plaintiff May Depose CO to Determine Why He Took Corrective Action He Disagreed With; COFC No. 17-711C, Sonoran Technology and Professional Services LLC v. United States

Motion to supplement the administrative record is granted in part, where the contracting officer failed to explain why he took corrective action in response to a protest he believed lacked merit, which resulted in the termination of the plaintiff’s contract, and failed to document the rationale for concluding the initial protester was a responsible contractor, a reversal of the initial determination with rendered the protester ineligible for award.