Kingdomware Technologies, Inc. v. United States, 579 U.S. ___ (2016), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that the Department of Veterans Affairs must apply the "Rule of Two" when considering and awarding contracts under the Veterans Benefits, Health Care, and Information Technology Act of 2006.

Kingdomware Technologies, Inc. v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued February 22, 2016 Decided June 16, 2016
Full case name	Kingdomware Technologies, Inc., Petitioner v. United States
Docket no.	14–916
Citations	579 U.S. ___ (more) 136 S. Ct. 1969; 195 L. Ed. 2d 334
Opinion announcement	Opinion announcement
Case history
Prior	754 F.3d 923 (Fed. Cir. 2014)
Holding
The Department of Veterans Affairs must apply the "Rule of Two" when considering and awarding contracts under the Veterans Benefits, Health Care, and Information Technology Act of 2006. The rule is mandatory, not discretionary, regardless of whether the rule is being used to meet annual minimum contracting goals.
Court membership
Chief Justice John Roberts Associate Justices Anthony Kennedy · Clarence Thomas Ruth Bader Ginsburg · Stephen Breyer Samuel Alito · Sonia Sotomayor Elena Kagan
Case opinion
Majority	Thomas, joined by unanimous
Laws applied
Veterans Benefits, Health Care, and Information Technology Act of 2006

By containing the word "shall" the rule becomes mandatory, not discretionary, regardless of whether the rule is being used to meet annual minimum contracting goals.^[1][2]