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At page 338 Determining exclusive jurisdiction over procurement challenges15 citing cases[T]he Court of Federal Claims now retains exclusive jurisdiction over ‘action[s] by an interested party’ ‘objecting to ... any alleged violation of statute or regulation in connection with a procurement or a proposed procurement.’ ” (citing 28 U.S.C. § 1491 (b)(1))4 citing courts put it this way
  • Davis v. United States, 124 F.4th 980 (5th Cir. 2025).published
    Rothe Dev., Inc. v. U.S. Dep’t of Def., 666 F.3d 336, 338 (5th Cir. 2011).
  • Nwaorie v. USA, No. 19-20706 (5th Cir. Apr. 21, 2023).unpublished
    Rothe Dev., Inc. v. U.S. Dep’t of Def., 666 F.3d 336, 338 (5th Cir. 2011).
  • Smith v. City of Bastrop, No. 21-51039 (5th Cir. Apr. 11, 2023).unpublished
    Rothe Dev. v. United States DOD, 666 F.3d 336, 338 (5th Cir. 2011).
  • Cochran v. SEC, 20 F.4th 194 (5th Cir. 2021).published
    Rothe Dev., Inc. v. U.S. Dep’t of Def., 666 F.3d 336, 338 (5th Cir. 2011). 4 In her en banc briefing, Cochran does not argue that the district court erred by dismissing her due process claim.
  • Combat Med., LLC v. Esper, No. 1:19-cv-01609 (E.D. Va. May 4, 2020). 2 cites
    (affirming dismissal of complaint challenging in-sourcing decision for lack of jurisdiction)
  • Atakapa Indian de Creole v. State of Louisiana, 943 F.3d 1004 (5th Cir. 2019).published
    Rothe Dev., Inc. v. U.S. Dep’t of Def., 666 F.3d 336, 338 (5th Cir. 2011) (citation omitted).
  • Khaled Asadi v. G.E. Energy (USA), L.L.C., 720 F.3d 620 (5th Cir. 2013).published
    Rothe Dev., Inc. v. U.S. Dep’t of Def., 666 F.3d 336, 338 (5th Cir.2011).
  • Ronnie Coleman v. Devin George, 506 F. App'x 257 (5th Cir. 2013).unpublished
    Rothe Dev., Inc. v. U.S. Dep’t of Def., 666 F.3d 336, 338 (5th Cir.2011).
  • Dixie Brewing Co. v. U.S. Dep't of Vets. Affairs, 952 F. Supp. 2d 809 (E.D. La. 2013).published
    See Rothe Dev., Inc. v. U.S. Dep’t of Def., 666 F.3d 336, 338 (5th Cir.2011) (“Congress subjected the district courts’ jurisdiction to a sunset provision, terminating district court jurisdiction as of January 1, 2001. (citing Administrate…
  • Fisher-Cal Indus., Inc. v. United States, 839 F. Supp. 2d 218 (D.D.C. 2012).published 2 cites
    See Rothe Dev., Inc. v. U.S. Dep’t of Defense, 666 F.3d 336, 339 (5th Cir.2011) (holding that the plaintiffs challenge to the defendants’ insourcing decision fell within the scope of 28 U.S.C. § 1491 (b)(1) because the definition of ‘procu…
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  • Ambuild Co. v. United States, 119 Fed. Cl. 10 (Fed. Cl. 2014).published
    ([T]he Court of Federal Claims now retains exclusive jurisdiction over ‘action[s] by an interested party5 ‘objecting to ... any alleged violation of statute or regulation in connection with a procurement or a proposed p…)
  • McAfee, Inc. v. United States, 111 Fed. Cl. 696 (Fed. Cl. 2013).published
    ([T]he Court of Federal Claims now retains exclusive jurisdiction over ‘action[s] by an interested party1 ‘objecting to ... any alleged violation of statute or regulation in connection with a procurement or a proposed p…)
  • KWV, Inc. v. United States, 111 Fed. Cl. 119 (Fed. Cl. 2013).published
    ([T]he Court of Federal Claims now retains exclusive jurisdiction over ‘action[s] by an interested party’ ‘objecting to ... any alleged violation of statute or regulation in connection with a procurement or a proposed p…)
  • Miles Constr., LLC v. United States, 108 Fed. Cl. 792 (Fed. Cl. 2013).published
    No. 104-320, § 12 , 110 Stat. 3870 , 3874 (Oct. 19, 1996), this court has jurisdiction over (1) pre-award bid protests, (2) post-award bid protests, and (3) an alleged violation of a statute or regulation in connection with a procurement:…
  • KWV, Inc. v. United States, 108 Fed. Cl. 448 (Fed. Cl. 2013).published
    ([T]he Court of Federal Claims now retains exclusive jurisdiction over ‘action[s] by an interested party’ ‘objecting to ... any alleged violation of statute or regulation in connection with a procurement or a proposed p…)
At page 339 Defining procurement under the Tucker Act including in-sourcing decisions6 citing casesholding that the plaintiffs challenge to the defendants’ insourcing decision fell within the scope of 28 U.S.C. § 1491 (b)(1) because the definition of ‘procurement’ “includes the process for determining a need for services, which by necessity includes the choice to refrain from obtaining outside s…1 citing court put it this way
  • Amica Ctr. for Immigrant Rights v. United States Dep't of Just., No. 2025-0298 (D.D.C. July 6, 2025).published
    Circuit affirmed the district court’s conclusion that the Tucker Act divested it of jurisdiction, explaining that the definition of “procurement” “includes the choice to refrain from obtaining outside services.” Id. at 902 (emphasis in ori…
  • Combat Med., LLC v. Esper, No. 1:19-cv-01609 (E.D. Va. May 4, 2020). 2 cites
    In addition, agency decisions that determine whether a company is eligible for or precluded from a procurement have been held to be within the exclusive jurisdiction of the Court of Federal Claims in the context of small business determina…
  • Fisher-Cal Indus., Inc. v. United States, 747 F.3d 899 (D.C. Cir. 2014).published 2 cites
    Citing Rothe Development, Inc. v. U.S. Department of Defense, 666 F.3d 336, 339 (5th Cir.2011), Vero Technical Support, Inc. v. U.S. Department of Defense, 437 Fed.Appx. 766, 769-70 (11th Cir.2011), and Distributed Solutions, Inc. v. Unite…
  • 360Training.com, Inc. v. United States, 104 Fed. Cl. 575 (Fed. Cl. 2012).published 3 cites
    The district judge disagreed, stating that “[a]s numerous other courts, including the Fifth, Eleventh, and Federal Circuits, have noted, insourcing necessarily involves ‘determining a need for property or services’ and whether there was a…
  • Fisher-Cal Indus., Inc. v. United States, 839 F. Supp. 2d 218 (D.D.C. 2012).published 2 cites
    (holding that the plaintiffs challenge to the defendants’ insourcing decision fell within the scope of 28 U.S.C. § 1491 (b)(1) because the definition of ‘procurement’ “includes the process for determining a need for serv…)
  • Elmendorf Support Servs. Jt. Venture v. United States, 105 Fed. Cl. 203 (Fed. Cl. 2012).published 2 cites
    Corp. v. United States, 2012 U.S. Claims LEXIS 393 , *45 (2012); see also Rothe Dev., Inc. v. U.S. Dep’t of Def., 666 F.3d 336, 339 (5th Cir.2011); Vero Tech.
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ROTHE DEVELOPMENT, INCORPORATED, Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE; United States Department of Air Force, Defendants-Appellees
11-50101.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
Dec 29, 2011.
Published opinion
666 F.3d 336
2011 U.S. App. LEXIS 25944
2011 WL 6821377
David Franklin Barton (argued), Gardner Law Firm, San Antonio, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellant., Kirk Thomas Manhardt, Asst. Dir. (argued), Christopher Andrew Bowen, U.S. Dept, of Justice, Civ. Div., Commercial Lit. Branch, Washington, DC, Mitchell Lester Weidenbach, Asst. U.S. Atty., San Antonio, TX, for Defendants-Appellees.
Jones, Davis, Demoss.
Cited by 21 opinions  |  Published
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Citer courts: Fifth Circuit (1)
PER CURIAM:

Appellant Rothe Development, Inc. (“Rothe”) appeals the district court’s dismissal of its complaint for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction. Rothe sued the United States Department of Defense and the United States Air Force (collectively “DoD”) for declaratory and injunctive relief, alleging the DoD violated various in-sourcing procedures adopted pursuant to federal law. The district court dismissed, concluding exclusive jurisdiction lay in the Court of Federal Claims. We AFFIRM.

Rothe contracted with the DoD to provide information technology services at the Minneapolis-St. Paul Air Reserve Station in Minnesota in 1987. In March 2010, the DoD informed Rothe it intended to “in-source” Rothe’s technology services by directly hiring federal employees in lieu of continuing to contract for information technology services. The DoD scheduled its in-sourcing for September 2010, at the expiration of Rothe’s contract. After un[*338] successful attempts to dissuade the DoD of its in-sourcing decision, Rothe sued under Section 702 of the Administrative Procedure Act (“APA”), alleging the DoD’s in-sourcing decision violated its procurement procedures promulgated under 10 U.S.C. § 2463. The district court dismissed Rothe’s suit as a bid protest under the Tucker Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1491(b), over which the Court of Federal Claims has exclusive jurisdiction.

We review de novo the district court’s dismissal for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction. Dresser v. Meba Med. & Benefits Plan, 628 F.3d 705, 708 (5th Cir.2010). We similarly review a district court’s interpretation of a statute de novo. Id.

“A federal court has no subject matter jurisdiction over claims against the United States unless the government waives its sovereign immunity and consents to suit.” Danos v. Jones, 652 F.3d 577, 582 (5th Cir.2011). The APA waives sovereign immunity to the extent a party “adversely affected ... by agency action” seeks “relief other than money damages.” 5 U.S.C. § 702. The APA limits this waiver, however, only to situations where no “other statute that grants consent to suit expressly or impliedly forbids the relief that is sought.” Id. The Tucker Act provides in relevant part:

[T]he United States Court of Federal Claims and the district courts ... shall have jurisdiction to render judgment on an action by an interested party objecting to a solicitation by a Federal agency for bids or proposals for a proposed contract or to a proposed award or the award of a contract or any alleged violation of statute or regulation in connection with a procurement or a proposed procurement.

28 U.S.C. § 1491(b)(1) (emphasis added).

Congress subjected the district courts’ jurisdiction under this paragraph to a sunset provision, terminating district court jurisdiction as of January 1, 2001. See Administrative Dispute Resolution Act of 1996, Pub. L. No. 104-320, 110 Stat. 3870, 3875 (1996). Congress did not renew the district courts’ jurisdiction, and the Court of Federal Claims now retains exclusive jurisdiction over “action[s] by an interested party” “objecting to ... any alleged violation of statute or regulation in connection with a procurement or a proposed procurement.” The parties dispute whether Rothe’s challenge is such an action; we conclude it clearly is.

Rothe first asserts that because an in-sourcing decision necessarily means no contract has been assigned, Rothe is by definition not an “interested party” under the statute. This interpretation betrays the obvious meaning of “interested party,” whose source Rothe concedes. The Competition in Contracting Act defines an interested party as “an actual or prospective bidder or offeror whose direct economic interest would be affected by the award of the contract or by failure to award the contract.” 31 U.S.C. § 3551(2)(A). Rothe’s complaint specifically states that it seeks to “keep its scope of work in the competitive realm in order to re-compete for the work,” as it believed it was “the low cost provider” to the DoD for the services in question. It stated that the DoD would “continue to receive full performance from [Rothe] as the low-cost provider if the insourcing is enjoined.” Rothe’s complaint clearly indicates its direct economic interest as a prospective bidder. Rightly so; if Rothe had no such interest, it is difficult to imagine how it could demonstrate a particularized injury necessary for Article III standing. See K.P. v. LeBlanc, 627 F.3d 115, 122-123 (5th Cir.2010); see also Vero Technical Support v. U.S. Dep’t of Def., 437 Fed.Appx. 766, 770-71 (11th Cir.2011)[*339] (unpublished decision). * Rothe is an interested party for Tucker Act purposes.

Rothe briefly contests that it does not “allege a violation of ... statutes or regulations per se.” Instead, Rothe argues its complaint challenges the DoD’s promulgated procedures under various federal laws, and, specifically, the DoD’s failure to follow these procedures to its detriment. Rothe’s complaint contradicts this argument. Rothe alleges that “Defendants’ in-sourcing decision is not in accordance with insourcing procedures required by 10 U.S.C. § 2463 which Defendants have bound themselves to.” In light of the “sweeping scope” of the phrase “in connection with,” RAMCOR Sens. Group, Inc. v. United States, 185 F.3d 1286, 1289 (Fed. Cir.1999), Rothe alleges a violation of a statute or regulation as required by the Tucker Act. Vero Technical Support, 487 Fed.Appx. at 769.

Finally, Rothe argues that because a decision to insource inherently converts a function from outside contractor to in-house production, it “clearly and unequivocally” exceeds the definition of “procurement.” We disagree. The Tucker Act does not define a procurement, but the Federal Circuit has adopted the definition of procurement now codified at 41 U.S.C. § 111, specifically that “the term ‘procurement’ includes all stages of the process of acquiring property or services, beginning with the process for determining a need for property or services and ending with contract completion and closeout.” Distrib. Solutions, Inc. v. United States, 539 F.3d 1340, 1345 (Fed.Cir.2008) (interpreting definition previously codified at 41 U.S.C. § 403(2)). Rothe’s argument ignores that this definition specifically includes the process for determining a need for services, which by necessity includes the choice to refrain from obtaining outside services. Vero Technical Support, 437 Fed.Appx. at 769-70. The very processes Rothe challenges reflect the DoD’s attempt to economically determine whether and from whom to contract for goods and services. Rothe’s construction of procurement would require us to believe Congress intended concurrent jurisdiction over bid protests where the DoD determined it could execute functions more cost-effectively with federal employees, but exclusive jurisdiction in the Court of Federal Claims where the DoD concluded an outside contract was more efficient. We refuse to adopt so narrow a meaning of a procurement.

Rothe’s complaint constitutes an action by an interested party alleging a violation of a statute or regulation in connection with a procurement. Accordingly, the Tucker Act confers exclusive jurisdiction over this action with the Court of Federal Claims, and the APA does not waive sovereign immunity as to Rothe’s claims. The district court therefore correctly dismissed Rothe’s complaint for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction.

AFFIRMED.

*

Vero, an unpublished decision, is not considered binding authority in the Eleventh Circuit. We cite it only to show the congruence of our thinking with that of another panel of appellate judges.