contracting agency provided a coherent and reasonable explanation for its exercise of discretion.” Impresa, 238 F.3d at 1332-33; see also Marsh v. Oregon Natural Res. Council, 490 U.S. 360, 378, 109 S.Ct. 1851, 104 L.Ed.2d 377 (1989) (“[I]n making the factual inquiry concerning whether an agency decision was ‘arbitrary or capricious,’ the reviewing court ‘must consider whether the decision is based on a consideration of the relevant factors and whether there has been a clear error of judgment.’ This inquiry must ‘be searching and careful,’ but ‘the ultimate standard of review is a narrow one.’ ”) (quoting Citizens to Preserve Overton Park, Inc. v. Volpe, 401 U.S. 402, 419, 91 S.Ct. 814, 28 L.Ed.2d 136 (1971)); Grumman Data Systems Corp. v. Widnall, 15 F.3d 1044, 1046 (Fed.Cir.1994) (<HOLDING>). In the alternative, to prevail on a challenge
holding agencies of state government are part of the state for purposes of sovereign immunity recognizing that administrative agencies are not bound by rules of evidence recognizing that government agencies are entrusted with a good deal of discretion in making procurement decisions recognizing duty to deal in good faith in workers compensation setting holding that agencies escape the requirements of federal procurement law under the cica when using a cooperative agreement