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2024
Sage Acquisitions
LLC v. Sec'y of HUD, No. 2023-1907 (Oct. 18, 2024)
(affirms
prior CBCA decision denying relief to asset manager contractor
for T for C costs and breach damages under agency's Real Estate Owned ("REO") disposition program because: (i)
contracts at issue clearly stated they were IDIQ contracts with a
guaranteed minimum, and contract sections referring to "all" work in a
geographic area did not mean they were requirements contracts because
those sections merely described manner in which work would be
performed and would have conflicted with section clearly giving
Government right to unilaterally reduce
the scope of contractor's geographical region to zero and to utilize
other contractors had they been interpreted as requirements contracts; (ii) contract provision stating that task orders would be
issued on a yearly basis meant that task orders would be issued once
per year, not that each task order must provide for a performance
period of 12 months, and even if that were what it meant, Government
satisfied IDIQ requirement by ordering the guaranteed minimum; and
(iii) the Government did not breach the contract by assigning some
asset management work to non-REO alternatives because that was
specifically contemplated by the contract and was done for the legitimate
business purpose of reducing costs rather than avoiding the
Government's responsibilities under this contract)
The Boeing Co. v. United States, No. 2023-1018 (Oct. 4, 2024)
(reverses
prior CoFC decision; CoFC has jurisdiction over
(i) suit challenging
Contracting Officer's decision demanding reimbursement for alleged
increased costs resulting from changes to contractor's cost accounting
practices even if the gravamen of the contractor's complaint was a challenge to the validity of
a regulation (in this case FAR § 30.606) because the case is basically a
contract dispute governed by the dispute resolution provisions of the
CDA and (ii) contractor's alternative illegal exaction claim
pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1491(a)(1))
American Medical Equipment, Inc., Servant Health, LLC, Noble Attorney, LLC, Transcendence, Inc. v. United States, Nos.
2022-2193, -2194 (Sep. 30, 2024)
(nonprecedential; affirms prior CoFC decisions upholding default
terminations of contracts to deliver nitrile examination gloves (PPE)
during COVID because the contractors failed to provide actual evidence
of excusable delays, contractor failed to provide documentation that
the gloves it tendered were acceptable substitutes for contractually
specified items, and the "brand name or equal" solicitation provision
only allowed for substitutions in proposals, not after proposals
quoting the appropriate gloves had been submitted and accepted;
Contracting Officer did not breach duty of good faith and fair dealing
by terminating the contracts for default due to lack of timely
delivery)
ACLR, LLC v. United States, No. 2023-1190 (Sep. 27,
2024) (nonprecedential; affirms
prior CoFC
decision denying contractor's claims for breach of contract, breach of
the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, and recovery of certain termination-for-convenience
damages because (i) terminations
relating to two audits constituted retroactive, constructive
terminations for convenience, consistent with the FAR 52.212-4(l)
clause incorporated into the task order and, thereby, into the
contract; (ii) contractor presented no evidence in support of its
assertion that the Government entered the contract in bad faith with
no intention of honoring it; (iii) no breach of implied covenant of good
faith and fair dealing because Government did not expand contractor's
duties beyond those contained in the contract; (iv) under T for C,
contractor was not entitled to recover a contingency fee
that was to be based on work that had not progressed to the point that
such a fee would have been earned at the time of the termination)
Contrack Watts, Inc.-Uejo Kogyo K.K v.
Sec'y of the Army, No. 2023-1373 (Sep. 16, 2024) (nonprecedential; upholds
prior ASBCA decision dismissing appeal by joint venture because
underlying claim had not been submitted by a party authorized to bind
the joint venture) Petro
Mex, LLC v. United States, No. 2023-1848 (Sep. 12, 2024)
(nonprecedential; reverses prior
CoFC decision that claim was barred by CDA's six-year limitations
period because breach of contract claim for wrongful termination could
not have accrued until the actual termination)
International Development Solutions, LLC v. Sec'y of State, No.
2022-1922 (June 26, 2024) (affirms
prior CBCA decision; no evidence that taxes for which contractor
seeks reimbursement were actually assessed against the contractor or
paid by it (as opposed to entities higher up in its business
structure) or were allocable to the task orders at issue)
MPG West, LLC v. Sec'y of Defense, No. 2023-1430 (May 17, 2024)
(nonprecedential; in contract for provision of fresh fruits and
vegetables to commissaries in Korea and Japan, affirms ASBCA's
findings that contract gave contractor discretion whether to use local
sources or to import produce and (if contractor chose to import) it
was required to follow applicable regulations; Government was not
required to examine possible price consequences of new contract model
and did not undertake to do so; DCAA did not act in bad faith in
weekly pricing meetings; remands for further proceedings to determine
whether requirement to use certain vendor for bagged salads and then
refusing to pay its prices (as too high) could be a breach because
there was no local sourcing for its products)
Siemens Government Technologies, Inc. v. Sec'y of the Navy, No.
2022-2240 (May 8, 2024) (nonprecedential; affirms
prior ASBCA decision; claimed costs were not incurred in
connection with actual contract award; rejects argument is
that because the Government issued a task order authorizing energy conservation work at some sites, it thereby became liable for the proposal development costs
contractor incurred
at all of the sites; no claim for breach of implied
duty of good faith and fair dealing in absence of contract; no claim
based on superior knowledge where claimed actions did not result in
contract award)
Jemison
& Partners, Inc. v. Sec'y of the Army, No. 2023-1773 (Apr. 16, 2024)
(nonprecedential ; affirms
prior ASBCA decision that contractor was to be paid for actual
quantity of topsoil placed as opposed to lump sum based upon estimate
of how much would be required)
BCC-UIProjects-ZAAZTC Team JV v. Sec'y of the
Army, No. 2022-2143 (Mar. 27, 2024) (affirms prior ASBCA decision
dismissing appeal for lack of jurisdiction because the person who
submitted the claims was not authorized to do so on behalf of the
contractor)
AVUE Technologies Corp. v. GSA, HHS, No 2022-1784 (Mar. 6, 2024)
(reverses and remands
prior CBCA decision that it lacked jurisdiction, holding that the
plaintiff's allegation that it had a contract with the Government was
sufficient to survive a challenge to jurisdiction)
Nauset Constr. Corp.
v. Sec'y of the Army, Nos. 2021-2305, 2022-1853 (Mar. 4, 2024)
(affirms
prior ASBCA decision that (i) contractor was not prejudiced by lack of
notice of specific appeal rights notice in Contracting Officer's letter terminating contract
for default where the letter directed the contractor to the FAR clause
that contained those appeal times and (ii) Government's conduct after
issuing default termination did not vitiate it because the contractor
could not have reasonably concluded the Contracting Officer was
reconsidering the termination decision)
United
Communities, LLC v. United States, No. 2022-2074 (Jan. 12, 2024)
(affirms prior CoFC decision denying plaintiff's motion for
enlargement of time to file late notice of appeal to CAFC because there was no
showing of excusable neglect) 2023
Nova Group/Tutor-Saliba v. United States, No. 2022-1740 (Dec. 11,
2023) (affirms
prior CoFC decision that contractor failed to prove existence of
either Type 1 or Type 2 differing site condition; CAFC reviews CoFC's
application of parol evidence rule de novo as a question of
law rather than a rule of evidence; evidence Government submitted
related to fully integrated agreement was not introduced to vary that
agreement, as would be prohibited by parol evidence rule, but to
support its contention that the agreement settled the issue; reference
in CoFC footnote to design-build contract was not the basis for its
reason or its decision and, therefore, cannot be basis to overturn it)
ECC Int'l Constructors, LLC v. Sec'y of the Army, No. 2021-2323
(Aug. 22, 2023) (reverses prior ASBCA decision; CDA's sum certain
requirement is not a jurisdictional issue; it is a requirement that
the Government may forfeit its right to object to if it waits too long
to object)
Dept. of Transportation v. Eagle Peak Rock & Paving, Inc., No.
2012-1837 (June 6, 2023) (reverses
prior CBCA decision overturning default termination; CBCA focused
on whether Contracting Officer had considered required factors in
making default decision rather than a de novo review of the propriety
of the termination)
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co. v. Sec'y of the Air Force, No.
2022-1035 (Apr. 25, 2023) (Contracting Officer's unilateral
determination of price of Undefinitized Contract Action is not a
government claim under the CDA that can be appealed by the contractor)
Sec'y of Defense v. Raytheon Co, Raytheon Missile Systems No.
2021-2304 (Jan. 3, 2023) (reverses
prior ASBCA decision; contractor's incurred-cost submissions accounted only for unallowable costs incurred during regular
hours and ignored after-hours lobbying and, therefore, did not accurately reflect the proportion of time that
contractor's employees spent on after-hours unallowable lobbying activities) 2022
E&I Global Energy Services, Inc. v. United States, No.
2022-1472 (Dec. 30, 2022) (reverses
prior CoFC determination dismissing claim for improper default
termination; contractor should be allowed to develop case that failure
of sureties to pay subcontractors necessitated its efforts to do so,
which excusably delayed the work; affirms all other holdings by CoFC,
including that Government did not breach implied duty of good faith
and fair dealing and did not fail to disclose superior knowledge
because contractor failed to establish that it was misled as to status
of payments to subcontractors)
Carmazzi Global Solutions, Inc. v. Commissioner of Social Security,
No. 2021-2035 (Dec. 28, 2022) (no jurisdiction over appeal filed
more than 120 days after appellant received a copy of CBCA's decision)
Supreme Foodservice GmbH v. Director of the Defense
Logistics Agency, No. 2021-1965 (Dec. 5, 2022) (affirms
prior ASBCA decision; Government did not waive its defense
(contractor's prior material breach) which barred contractor's claims
against Government; without valid underlying contractor claim,
contractor cannot recover CDA interest on Government's alleged
over-withholding)
Microtechnologies LLC dba MicroTech v. United States
Attorney General, No. 2021-2169
(Jul. 28, 2022) (affirms
prior CBCA decision that contractor was not entitled to price of
software maintenance agreement for option year following T for C
because it had purchased three year agreement at beginning of base
year without any requirement to do so with no assurance options would
be exercised so the cost of the software maintenance contract did not
"result" from the termination)
Zafer Constr.Co. v. United States, No. 2021-1547 (July
18, 2022)
U.S. Aeroteam, Inc. v. United States, No. 2021-2272 (July 5, 2022) (affirms prior CoFC decision denying claims;
no constructive change or cardinal change because Government did not
order extra work but merely approved idea contractor had initiated and
proposed; lower court's erroneous suggestion that the contractor must
show a constructive change order authorized a change in contract price
was harmless error because there was no order at all; no commercial
impracticability where supplier just raised price of parts and
contractor chose a different route rather than to pay that increased
price)
GSC Constr., Inc. v. Sec'y of the Army, No. 2021-1803 (May 2, 2022)
(nonprecedential; affirms
prior ASBCA decision upholding termination for default because:
(i) Government did not breach contract by requiring contractor to
remove and replace soil since contract clearly required it to do so;
(ii) contractor not entitled to time extension due to Government's
review of drawings under allegedly wrong edition of governing
specification because contractor had used incorrect edition in
accomplishing its work; and (iii) agency had not waived the project's
completion date because it specifically and repeatedly reserved its
rights to enforce the completion date and contractor missed extended
date by which Government had given it a chance to complete project)
CSI Aviation, Inc. v. DHS, GSA No. 2021-6030 (Apr. 14,
2022) (reverses
prior CBCA decision; contract expressly incorporated contractor's
standard terms and conditions by reference)
Lebolo-Watts Constructors 01 JV, LLC v. Sec'y of the
Army, No. 2021-1749 (Feb. 18, 2022) (nonprecedential;
affirms
prior ASBCA decision; contract was patently ambiguous as to
whether contractor was to furnish circuit breakers (even though they
were low cost items they were important to the project) and contractor
failed to inquire prior to bidding; subcontractors' pass through delay
claims were (i) based on delays associated with circuit breakers,
which were attributable to the contractor, not the Government, (ii)
concurrent with contractor-caused delays, and/or (iii) waived in a bilateral
modification)
Aspen Consulting, LLC v. Sec'y of the
Army, No. 2021-1381 (Feb. 9, 2022) (reverses
prior ASBCA decision; Government breached contract by making
payments to an account other than the one listed in the CCR database,
which was the account required by the "Payments" clause (FAR 52.232-33);
remands case to ASBCA to decide Government's affirmative
defense of payment, i.e., whether the contractor had benefitted from
the funds paid to wrong account) 2021
Tolliver Group, Inc. v. United States, No. 2020-2341 (Dec. 13, 2021)
(vacates
prior CoFC decision because claim for breach of implied warranty
of performance presented by contractor at CoFC was materially
different from allowable cost claim it had presented to the
Contracting Officer, so CoFC lacked jurisdiction over claim)
JKB Solutions and Services, LLC v. United States, No. 2021-1257 (Nov.
17, 2021) (reverses
prior CoFC decision; even though FAR 52.212-4 ("Termination for
Convenience") was incorporated by reference in contract, it was
inapplicable because it is not applicable to service contracts and,
therefore, could not be used as a basis for Government's position that
it had constructively terminated the contract for convenience)
Thomas Nussbaum v. United States, No 2020-1170 (Nov. 17, 2021)
(nonprecedential; affirms
prior COFC decision that suit brought nine years after Contracting
Officer's decision on claim was time-barred)
7800 Ricchi LLC v. United States, No. 2021-1704 (Nov. 16, 2021)
(nonprecedential; affirms
prior CoFC decision that duty of good faith and fair dealing did
not attach to "Renewal Options" provision because it expired before
the conduct the plaintiff complained of and was not the basis for the
parties' discussions concerning a short term lease extension)
Billie O. Stone dba Stobil Enterprise v. Sec'y of the Air Force, No.
2020-1233 (Oct. 19, 2021) (nonprecedential;
dismisses appeal of ASBCA's denial of claim and upholding of
termination; no jurisdiction over appeal because contractor failed to
raise any non-frivolous allegations to support its contention that the
Board's decision was fraudulent)
Billie O. Stone dba Stobil Enterprise v. Sec'y of VA, No. 2020-1732
(Oct. 18, 2021) (nonprecedential; affirms CBCA's grant of summary
judgment in favor of Government; contractor failed to present evidence of the
actual increase of applicable wages and fringe benefits that
it had made to comply
with the applicable DOL Labor wage determination, as required by FAR 52.222-43)
Triple Canopy, Inc. v. Sec'y of the Air Force, No.
2020-2165 (Sep. 29, 2021) (reverses
prior BCA decision dismissing claims as time-barred because Board
erred in determining date that claims accrued; under FAR 52.229-6
("Taxes—Foreign Fixed-Price") clause,
contractor was required to appeal an assessment before taking further
steps, so claim did not accrue when that assessment was initially made)
Starwalker PR LLC v. Sec'y of the Army, Sec'y of
Defense, No. 2020-2024 (Sep. 22, 2021) (nonprecedential; affirms
concurring opinion in
prior ASBCA decision; contract unambiguously required the backhaul
(return trip) movement of
trucks to be directed by the Government on an Logistics Movement Request
(LMR) or Transportation Movement Request (TMR) in order to be compensable)
Coastal Park LLC, Meyer Landau v. United States, No. 2020-1687 (Aug.
18, 2021) (nonprecedential; affirms
prior CoFC decision that contractor not entitled to return of
deposit after it defaulted on agreement to purchase property from
Government)
Catherine Kurkjian v. Secretary of the Army, No. 2020-2201 (Aug. 11,
2021) (nonprecedential; affirms
prior ASBCA decision; no error in Board's conclusions that: (i)
Government did not terminate base year of contract because it was
substantially complete and Government had offered to pay contractor
the balance owing; (ii) Government was not required to give
contractor cure notice because it had not terminated contract; (iii)
Government did not breach contract or act in bad faith by
declining to exercise option; (iv) contractor not entitled to
lost profits for unexercised options)
NOAA Maryland, LLC v. GSA, No. 2020-1548 (May 13, 2021)
(reverses
prior CBCA decision; contract interpretation; reading two
successive sentences of lease provision together, second sentence did
not exclude a tax from being a reimbursable "real estate tax"
whenever it was a "future tax," i.e., a tax imposed after the lease
(or its extension) was entered into)
Pacific Coast
Community Services, Inc. v. United States, No. 2020-1219 (Apr. 30, 2021) (nonprecedential; affirms
prior CoFC decision;
contractor was required, but failed, to prove damages as a result of
Government's constructive change)
Pacific Coast
Community Services, Inc. v. United States, No. 2020-1815 (Apr. 30, 2021)
(nonprecedential; affirms
prior CoFC decision; contract was for productive hours of work
delivered to the Government, which meant that Government could deduct
for hours not delivered)
Future Forest, LLC v. Sec'y of Agr., No. 2020-2039 (Apr. 15, 2021)
(nonprecedential; affirms
prior CBCA decision; Government did not breach implied duty of good faith and fair dealing
by failing to order more than the minimum guaranteed quantity in ID/IQ
contract)
Creative Management Services, LLC dba MC-2 v. United
States, No. 2020-1449 (Feb. 26, 2021)
(affirms
prior CoFC decision that suit not brought within 12 months of
Contracting Officer's decision on government's claim should be
dismissed as time barred; CDA's requirement of a sum certain does not
rule out use of qualifying words such as "approximately" so long as
the amount of the Government's claim is readily ascertainable by the
contractor)
P.K. Management Group, Inc. v. Sec'y of HUD, No.
2020-1260 (Feb. 4, 2021) (affirms
prior CBCA decision because contract's plain meaning comports with
Board's analysis)
2020
BGT Holdings LLC v. United States, No. 2020-1084 (Dec. 23, 2020) (affirms
portion of the
prior CoFC decision dismissing
contractor's claim for breach of the duty of good faith and fair dealing, but
vacates and remands portions of
prior decision that had held that, by agreeing
to a nonstandard changes clause unique to the Naval Surface Warfare Warfare Center Carderock Division,
the contractor had waived its claims for constructive change through ratification, official change through waiver, and breach for failure to provide an equitable adjustment)
The Boeing Co. v. Secretary of the Air Force (Dec. 2020) (reverses
prior ASBCA decision; DFARS 227.7103(f) applies only to markings
on technical data that limit the Government's rights)
McLeod Group, LLC v. United States, No. 2020-1389 (Dec. 17, 2020)
(nonprecedential; affirms CoFC's prior dismissal of case for lack of
jurisdiction because the BPAs at issue were not "contracts" with the
United States, lacking mutuality of both intent and consideration)
Kellogg Brown & Root Services, Inc. v Sec'y of the Army, No. 2019-1683 (Sep. 1,
2020) (affirms prior
ASBCA decision on narrow basis that contractor did not establish its claimed
costs were reasonable; dissent argues case should have been remanded to ASBCA to
investigate that issue because it had not been briefing and argued thoroughly
either originally or on appeal)
Kiewit Infrastructure West Co. v. United States, No. 2019-2125 (Aug.
26, 2020) (reverses
prior CoFC decision; contract interpretation of the phrase
"environmental impacts"; contractor reasonably interpreted contract as
providing that it would not have to perform wetlands analyses (which
is one type of environmental impacts analysis) if it intended to
dispose of waste at designated government waste disposal sites)
Agility Public Warehousng Co, K.S.C.P v. United States, Nos. 2019-1886,
-1887 (Aug. 12, 2020) (vacates
prior CoFC decision in part; to trigger the Debt Collection Act's
(DCA) offset provision, a pre-existing, valid debt must first be owed to the United States;
in evaluating validity of offset under DCA part of the analysis involves the
validity of the United States’ determination that a pre-exiting debt is owed;
Government has independent right to recover overpayments of money appropriated
by Congress for a specific purpose even where the United States is acting as
contract administrator for the Government of Iraq; CoFC erred in failing to
address plaintiff's contention that no underlying overpayment had occurred;
Government did not afford contractor all protections afforded by DCA prior to
offsetting to recoup alleged overpayment)
The Boeing Co. v. United States, No. 2019-2148 (Aug. 10, 2020)
(reverses
prior CoFC decision; jurisdiction over illegal exaction claims
does not require a money-mandating statute; contractor did not waive
claim by failing to raise it prior to award because, at that time,
agency could not have resolved objection favorably to contractor and
it would not have been ripe for judicial review)
Parsons Evergreene, LLC v. Secretary of the Air Force, Nos. 2019-1931,
-1975 (Aug. 7, 2020) (contrary to
ASBCA's prior decision, task order for construction of two
buildings was not a NAFI contract but was made by the Air Force, and
ASBCA, therefore, had CDA jurisdiction over appeal involving the
contract; contractor failed to timely appeal Board's decision on its
payroll claim; ASBCA correctly concluded contractor had not offered
sufficient proof of damages under one theory of recovery, and
contractor first raised issue too late in request for ASBCA to
reconsider its decision; Board erred in limiting contractor's recovery
for equitable adjustment--contractor should be awarded the difference
between its actual reasonable costs of changed work and what it would
have cost had the work remained unchanged)
United States Army Corps of Engineers v. John C. Grimberg Co., No.
2019-1608 (June 9, 2020) (reverses
prior ASBCA decision;
contractor not entitled to price adjustment for alleged Type I
Differing Site Condition because its interpretation of the contract
was found to be unreasonable, even if the ASBCAalso found the
Government's interpretation to be even less reasonable)
Electric Boat Corp. v. Secretary of the Navy, No. 2019-1621 (May 19,
2020) (affirms ASBCA's
prior decision that contractor's claim was barred by CDA's
six-year limitations period which began to run at the time a change of
law (that allegedly increased the contractor's costs of performance)
became applicable to the contract, not when the Government, much
later, denied the contractor's cost proposal for a price adjustment)
Team Hall Venture, LLC, dba Limeberry Frozen Yogurt v. Army and Air
Force Exchange Service, No. 2018-2283 (Mar. 12, 2020)
(nonprecedential; affirms prior ASBCA decision because unambiguous
general release signed by contractor barred "any" claim "for monetary
or other relief to this contract") 2019
DAI Global, LLC fka Development Alternatives, Inc. v. Administrator of
the United States Agency for International Development, No. 2019-1330
(Dec. 27, 2019) (reverses
prior CBCA decision dismissing appeals for lack of jurisdiction
due to allegedly defective, uncorrectable CDA claim certification by
prime transmitting properly certified CDA claim by sub; the two
documents together constituted a defective certification which is
correctable according to the CDA and the Board's decision to the
contrary was based on language in a draft of the statute that had
specifically been deleted from the enacted version)
Secretary of Defense v. Northrop Grumman Corp., Nos. 2018-1945,
2018-1990 (Nov. 15, 2019) (denies Government's appeal from
prior ASBCA quantum decision because substantial evidence supports ASBCA's
conclusion that the Government had suffered
no damages from contractor's noncompliance with accrual methodology
required by FAR 31.205-6(o) because negative amendment to
contractor's PRB plans effectively eliminated the disputed PRB costs from its transition obligation such that those costs were never and will never be charged to the
Government)
Guarantee Co. of North America USA v. Ikhana, LLC, No. 2018-1394 (Oct.
29, 2019) (affirms
ASBCA decision that surety lacks standing to intervene and replace
appellant in Board appeal because the surety could not have brought
the original complaint on its own since the appeals were taken before
the surety entered into a settlement agreement with the Government)
Raytheon Co. v. Secretary of Defense, No. 18-2371 (Oct. 18, 2019)
(affirms
prior ASBCA decision that salary costs for lobbying activities are expressly unallowable under FAR § 31.205-22)
Calloway Manor Apartments, Ltd., et al. v. United States, No.
2018-1926 (Oct. 2, 2019) (because Appellants did not expressly or impliedly assign the Government their accrued claims for breach of contract based on the prepayment right, Appellants retain the legal right to pursue those claims and have established standing. We, therefore, reverse the Claims Court’s decision that Appellants lack standing and remand for the court to consider the merits of that claim)
Hejran Hejrat Co. Ltd. v. United States Corps of Engineers, No.
2018-2206 (July 17, 2019) (reverses prior
ASBCA decision; contractor's submission to Contracting Officer
after a years-long dispute, although styled an "REA," alerted the
Contracting Officer to basis and sum certain amount claimed, included
a certification (albeit defective), and elicited a "final
determination" from the Contracting Officer and, thus, was a "claim"
over the appeal of which the Board had jurisdiction)
Bechtel National, Inc. v. United States, No. 2018-2055 (July 16, 2019)
(affirms
prior CoFC decision holding that CAFC precedent in
Geren v. Tecom
precluded reimbursement
of costs
that
Bechtel incurred in defending
two sexual and racial discrimination
and retaliation suits brought by former employees)
Secretary of the Army v. Kellogg Brown & Root Services, Inc., No.
2018-1022 (July 9, 2019) (nonprecedential; affirms
ASBCA's decision awarding contractor breach of contract damages in
the form of costs for private security forces after Government failed
to fulfill its contractual obligations to provide security for
contractor's employees in Iraq war zone; Board had jurisdiction over
contractor's claim because it was an affirmative defense to
Government's prior material breach of the contract in withholding
costs incurred by contractor in hiring private security forces; Board
properly determined that interest should begin to run from dates
contractor submitted properly certified quantum claims to Contracting
Officer--no requirement that
a contractor must state in a claim
the legal theory upon which it ultimately recovers to start
the running of interest)
Park Properties Assocs., L.P., Valentine Properties Assocs., L.P. v.
United States, Nos. 2017-2279, 2017-2344 (Feb. 19. 2019) (reverses
prior CoFC decision; where HUD contracted with state housing
authority agency and then, in separate instrument (naming only state
agency and landlords as parties), state agency contracted with
landlords, HUD was not in privity of contract with landlords and,
therefore, CoFC lacked jurisdiction to entertain breach of contract
suit by landlords against HUD)
Premier Office Complex of Parma, LLC v. United States, No. 2018-1231
(Feb. 19, 2019) (contract interpretation; affirms
prior CoFC decision granting summary judgment in favor of the
Government; while provision of basic lease document may be ambiguous,
language of Amendment #1 to lease agreement is not and requires Level
II Security for the "Project," i.e., the entire project)
St. Bernard Parish Government v. United States, No. 2018-1204 (Feb.
15, 2019) (affirms CoFC's decision that it lacked jurisdiction
over breach of contract claim under Cooperative Agreement with Natural
Resources Conservation Service, which should have been handled in
District Court following exhaustion of administrative remedies in
Department of Agriculture) 2018
Avant Assessment, LLC v. Secretary of the Army, No. 2018-1235 (Nov. 9,
2018) (affirms ASBCA decision rejecting contractor's appeal,
specifically Board's refusal to permit contractor to admit or utilize
voluminous, unauthenticated, tardily submitted documents concerning
allegedly improper rejections of contract items by Government)
K-Con, Inc. v. Secretary of the Army, No. 2017-2254 (Nov. 5, 2018)
(affirms
prior ASBCA decision; contractor failed to timely object prior to
contracting to patent ambiguity in solicitation concerning whether
contracts were construction contracts and, therefore, cannot claim
they are not construction contracts; bonding requirements were
incorporated in construction contracts under Christian
doctrine by operation of law)
Agility Logistics Services Co. KSC v. Mattis, No. 2015-1555 (Apr.
16, 2018) (affirms ASBCA's
prior decision that it lacked CDA jurisdiction over appeals
because neither the underlying contract nor the task orders at issue
were made by an executive agency of the United States and no
subsequent action made the Government a party to either the contract
or the task orders; the CAFC has no appellate jurisdiction over
ASBCA's determination that its Charter did not provide it with
jurisdiction over the appeals)
Meridian Engineering Co. v. United States, No.
2017-1584 (Mar. 20, 2018) (appeal from two prior CoFC
decisions:
Meridian 1 and
Meridian 2; affirms CoFC's prior holdings that: (i) only
contractor's breach-of-contract and
breach-of-good-faith-and-fair-dealing claims presented viable causes
of action, (ii) contractor failed to establish elements of Type I
Differing Site Conditions claim because subsurface conditions of which
it complained were reasonably foreseeable, and (iii) contractor's
defective specification claim was essentially the same as its
differing site conditions claim; reverses CoFC's prior holdings that:
(i) contractor's flood control event claim was barred by an
accord and satisfaction (because CoFC did not consider all the
evidence that might have precluded such a finding), and (ii)
Government was entitled to withhold payments for unsatisfactory
progress under FAR 52.232-5, barring contractor's claim for unpaid
contract quantities (because (a) the cited clause only applied to
progress payments, (b) there was no proof of unsatisfactory progress,
and (c) there was no analysis of the parties' conflicting calculations
of the appropriate amount of any set-off)
Securiforce International
America, LLC, Nos. 2016-2589, 2016-2633 (Jan. 17, 2018) (affirms
CoFC's prior decisions (i)
upholding partial T for D and (ii)
denying plaintiff's motions for sanctions, but vacates portion of
CoFC's
decision finding jurisdiction over claim for declaratory judgment
that partial T for C had breached contract because proper remedy for
breach claim would have been breach damages, not equitable relief) 2017
Lee's Ford Dock, Inc. v. Secretary of the Army, No. 2016-2308 (Aug. 2,
2017) (lease allowing contractor to operate marina on leased
premises was a contract "for the disposal of personal property" under
41 U.S.C. § 7102(a)(4) and, therefore, was covered by CDA; no
jurisdiction over contractor's reformation claim based upon
misrepresentation because it was different from the claim presented to
the Contracting Officer, which was based on mutual mistake; affirms
Board's rejection of contractor's breach claim because contract
clearly gave Government right to manipulate lake's water level "in any
manner whatsoever")
Call Henry, Inc. v. United States, No. 2016-1732 (Apr. 28, 2017)
(affirms CoFC decision dismissing breach-of-contract claim because
Government has no contractual obligation to reimburse pension
withdrawal liability costs incurred pursuant to Multi-Employer Pension
Plan Amendment Act of 1980)
Northwest Title Agency, Inc. v. United States, No. 2016-2158 (Apr. 28,
2017) (affirms CoFC decision that contracts unambiguously
precluded contractor providing closing services from charging closing
fees to homebuyers and, therefore, extrinsic evidence of trade
practice could not be used to vary the plain meaning)
Agility Public Warehousing Co. KSCP, FKA Public Warehousing Co. K.S.C.
v. Mattis, No. 2016-1265 (Apr. 4, 2017) (affirms
ASBCA's decision that Government did not breach the express terms
of the contract but remands case to ASBCA to consider contractor's
claims for constructive change and breach of the implied duty to
cooperate)
Agility Defense & Government Services, Inc. v.
United States, No. 2016-1068 (Feb. 6, 2017) (contrary to
CoFC's findings, evidence supported contractor's contentions that: (i)
Government had provided inadequate or negligent estimate, and (ii)
contractor had relied on the faulty estimates) 2016
Rocky Mountain Helium LLC v. United States, No. 2016-1278 (Nov. 16,
2016) (affirms CoFC's holding that suit challenging 2004
termination of helium extraction contract is untimely under six year
limitations period of 28 U.S.C. 2501; reverses CoFC's holding that
Settlement Agreement was not "money-mandating" under Tucker Act and,
therefore, that CoFC lacked jurisdiction over claim for breach of it)
Pacific Gas and Electric Co., et al., v. United States, No.
2015-5082 (Oct. 3, 2016) (affirms CoFC's dismissal of breach of
contract suit because plaintiffs do not have privity of contract with
Government and, therefore, lack standing)
Guardian Moving Storage v. United States, No. 2015-5132 (Aug. 22,
2016) (nonprecedential; affirms prior CoFC decision; protest
against corrective action was based on flawed assumption that
protester's proposal was acceptable and that no corrective action was
necessary)
Zafer Taahhut Insaat ve Ticaret A.S. v. United States, No. 2015-5083
(Aug. 17, 2016) (affirms CoFC decision; no evidence Government
denied request for time extension, which is a required element of
constructive acceleration claim, and contractor failed to establish
Government's negotiations with Pakistan to re-open one contract route
amounted to fault on the part of the Government establishing a
constructive change)
Western States Federal Contracting, LLC v. VA , No. 2016-1042
(July 15, 2016) (nonprecedential; reverses
CBCA's dismissal of appeal for lack of jurisdiction because, even
though corporate appellant lacked standing at time it initially filed
its appeal to CBCA (and still lacked good standing at time appeal
originally dismissed), that
original dismissal was vacated by the CAFC and the company is now
in good standing)
Laguna Construction Co. v. Ashton Carter, No. 2015-1291 (July 15,
2016) (affirms ASBCA decision that contractor's Chief Operating
Officer's guilty plea re acceptance of kickbacks from subcontractors
demonstrated a prior material breach of the "Allowable Cost and
Payment" clause of the contract at issue and was a defense to the
contractor's claim for costs disapproved by DCAA audit)
Sheridan Transportation Systems, Inc. v. GSA, No. 2015-1858 (June 9,
2016) (nonprecedential; court lacks jurisdiction over an appeal
from a CBCA decision concerning dispute arising under Transportation
Act (31 U.S.C. 3726) rather than CDA)
Northrop Grumman Computing Systems, Inc. v. United States, No.
2015-5074 (May 24, 2016) (affirms CoFC's decision that contractor
failed to establish any damages as a result of Government's alleged
breach of delivery order (by allegedly failing to use its best efforts
to secure funding for the option years) because, without notice to the
Government, the contractor had assigned all its rights under the
delivery order to a third party in exchange for a payment that equaled
its expected profit from the full term of the order, including
options)
Kellogg Brown & Root Services, Inc. v. Murphy, No. 2015-1148 (May 18,
2016) (reverses ASBCA decision; for purposes of CDA's six year
limitations period for submission of claim, contractor's claim
sponsoring subcontractor's termination claim did not "accrue" until it
had developed sufficiently to be presented in a sum certain)
DG21, LLC v. Mabus, No. 2015-1930 (May 6, 2016) (affirms ASBCA
decision denying contractor's claim because contractor, in agreeing to
pay prevailing rate for fuel, had assumed risk of rising fuel prices,
and those rising prices were not a change to the contract)
Yasmin Saighi v. GSA, No. 2015-8059 (Apr. 12, 2016)
(nonprecedential; affirms CBCA holding that denied request for refund
by purchaser because auction item was not misdescribed and purchaser
failed to comply with procedural requirements for establishing claim)
System Fuels, Inc., et al., v. United States, Nos.
2015-5094, -5095 (Apr. 4, 2016) (reverses CoFC and holds
contractors are entitled to recover costs of loading spent nuclear
fuel in storage casks as element of damages for Government's partial
breach of spent nuclear fuel contracts)
SUFI Network Services, Inc. v. United States, No. 2015-5151 (Mar. 29,
2016) (Government has no right to appeal ASBCA decision in
Wunderlich Act case)
Guardian Angels Medical Service
Dogs, Inc. v. United States, No. 2015-5058 (Jan. 8, 2016)
(Contracting Officer's request for additional information from
contractor after it had requested reconsideration of her prior
decision terminating contract for default meant original decision was
not final and did not become so until she subsequently informed
contractor she would not reconsider her decision) 2015
Fidelity and Guaranty Insurance Underwriters, Inc. v. United States,
No. 2015-5036 (Nov. 6, 2015) (affirms CoFC's
prior decision that it lacked Tucker Act jurisdiction over suit by
general liability insurer claiming to be an equitable subrogee of a
prime contractor, but without any responsibility for contract
performance or obligation to the Government)
Bruce E. Zoeller v. McHugh, No. 2015-1516 (Sep. 17, 2015)
(nonprecedential; affirms ASBCA's denial of appellant's requests for
discovery sanctions and a default judgment against the Government for
alleged violations of a discovery order)
McHugh v. Kellogg Brown & Root Services, Inc., No. 2015-1053 (Sep. 15,
2015) (nonprecedential; affirms portion of ASBCA decision finding
that government claim against contractor barred by six-year
limitations period where a contractor submission contained sufficient
information to start running of limitations period; reverses Board
conclusion that contract prohibition against armed employees did not
apply to situation where contractor hired private security firms with
armed employees)
JRS Management v. Lynch, No. 2014-1834 (June 16, 2015) (in denying
contractor's claims, CBCA erred in treating Government's motion to
dismiss as motion for summary judgment without prior notice, resolving
disputed factual issues against the contractor)
Yurok Tribe v. Dept. of Int., No. 2014-1529 (May 8, 2015) (affirms
CBCA's dismissal of case because no contract had yet been formed
between plaintiff and Government)
Allen Engineering Contractor, Inc. v. United States, Nos. 2014-5094,
et al. (May 7, 2015) (nonprecedential; upholds CoFC's
dismissal of complaint seeking to overturn default termination because
plaintiff did not allege any plausible excuses for its material breach
of contract by failing to provide valid performance and payment bonds)
SUFI Network Services, Inc. v. United States, Nos. 2014-5032, -5033
(Apr. 24, 2015) (vacates CoFC's
denial of claims for overhead and profit on claim preparation
expenses as elements of breach of contract claims)
Montano Electrical Contractor v. United States, No. 2014-5133 (Apr.
13, 2015) (affirms
prior CoFC decision dismissing direct claim by subcontractor for
lack of subject matter jurisdiction and refusing to transfer claim
sounding in tort to district court)
CCI, Inc. v. McHugh, No. 2014-1470 (Apr. 10, 2014) (affirms
ASBCA's
prior decision that contractor did not establish elements of Type
I differing site condition claim)
G4S
Technology LLC v. United States, No. 2014-5078 (Mar. 6, 2015)
(affirms CoFC's prior
decision that subcontractor was not intended third party
beneficiary of prime contract) EM
Logging v. Dept. of Agr., No- 2014-1227 (Feb. 20, 2015) (reverses
CBCA decision because evidence did not establish "a pattern of
activity that demonstrates flagrant disregard for the terms of this
contract" as required by the contract's "Termination for
Breach" clause) K-Con
Building Systems, Inc. v. United States, No. 2014-5062 (Feb. 12, 2015)
(affirms prior
CoFC decisions that (i) liquidated damages provision was
enforceable; (ii) contractor had failed to provide timely notice of
alleged changes in accordance with the "Changes" clause; and
(iii) court lacked jurisdiction over contractor's claim for time
extension because it had not been first presented to the Contracting
Officer for decision) Jacqueline
R. Sims, LLC, DBA JRS Management v. United States, No. 2014-5076 (Jan.
27, 2015) (affirms CoFC's prior
decision that, although contracts both contained flaws in
language, both parties performed as if they intended to be bound;
although regulations did not require Government to prepare past
performance evaluations (PPEs) for contracts under micro-purchase
threshold, Government had discretion to do so; negative PPEs based on
contractor's failure to provide significant portions of required
services did not breach Government's obligation of good faith
and fair dealing) DayDanyon
Corp. v. Department of Defense, No. 2014-1507 (Jan. 9, 2015)
(nonprecedential; affirms ASBCA's prior
decision that contract unambiguously gave the Government two years
within which to order the guaranteed minimum quantity) 2014 Sikorsky
Aircraft Corp. v. United States, No. 2013-5096, 5099 (Dec. 10, 2014)
(affirms CoFC's prior
decision that contractor's allocation of costs to government
versus commercial contracts using direct labor base did not violate
CAS 418; CDA statute of limitations is not jurisdictional) Veridyne
Corp. v. United States, Nos. 2013-5011, 5012 (July 15, 2014)
(reverses
CoFC's quantum meruit award to contractor and affirms the award of penalties to the Government under the False Claims Act and Contract Disputes Act);
see prior CoFC decisions: 1,
2,
3 Sacramento
Municipal Utility district v. United States, Nos. 2013-5086, 6087
(June 20, 2014) (nonprecedential spent nuclear fuel case; reverses
prior
CoFC decision in part; determination of damages) SUFI
Network Services, Inc. v. United States, No. 2013-5039, -5040 (May 29,
2014) (remands several issues of alleged lost revenues to the
ASBCA for reconsideration and further findings) Shell
Oil Co., et al. v. United States, No. 2013-5051 (Apr. 28, 2014)
(reverses CoFC
decision; avgas contracts required Government to indemnify
contractors for CERCLA clean-up costs) Lakeshore
Engineering Services, Inc. v. United States, No. 2013-5094 (Apr. 11,
2014) (affirms prior CoFC
decision; fixed-price contract placed risk of future cost
increases on contractor) Raytheon
Co. v. United States, Nos. 2013-5004, -5006 (Apr. 4, 2014)
(affirms prior CoFC
decision; segment closing adjustments are not pension costs
subject to the timely funding requirement of FAR 31-205.6(j);
Government bears burden of proof that contractor's accounting
practices do not comply with CAS; no jurisdiction over Government's
claim for downward equitable adjustment because there was no
Contracting Officer's decision concerning that claim) Century
Exploration New Orleans, LLC and Champion Exploration, LLC v. United
States, No. 2013-5073 (Mar. 14, 2014) (affirms Court of Federal
Claims decision that imposition of requirements in revisions to
governing regulations issued after lease was executed was not a breach
of the lease) Metcalf
Construction Co. v. United States, No. 2013-5041 (Feb. 11, 2014)
(vacates prior CoFC decision because proving breach of implied duty of
good faith and fair dealing does not require the plaintiff to
establish that the Government's action were specifically targeted to
reappropriate a benefit guaranteed by the contracts) Crewzers
Fire Crew Transport, Inc. v. United States, No. 2013-5104, -5105(Feb.
6, 2014) (affirms CoFC decision that BPA is not a binding contract
that gives rise to Tucker Act jurisdiction) Kellogg
Brown & Root Services, Inc. v. United States, No. 2013-5030
(Feb. 3, 2014) (affirms CoFC's determination that costs approved by
contractor in subcontractor's change order proposal were not
reasonable as a result of contractor's gross negligence in approving
the proposed costs) Bell/Heery,
A Joint Venture v. United States, No. 2013-5002 (Jan. 7, 2014)
(affirms CoFC's dismissal of suit because "Permits and
Responsibilities" clause placed total responsibility on
contractor to comply with requirements for obtaining state
environmental permit) Estes
Express Lines v. United States, No. 2013-5056 (Jan. 3, 2014) (bill
of lading sufficient to establish privity of contract between motor
carrier and Government) 2013 White
Buffalo Construction, Inc. v. United States, No. 2012-5045 (Nov. 1,
2013) (nonprecedential; Government's decision shortly before trial
to convert default termination to T for C mooted plaintiff's claim for
attorneys fees under EAJA) Rockies
Express Pipeline LLC v. Salazar, Nos. 2012-1055, -1174 (Sep. 13, 2013)
(CBCA incorrectly limited contractor's damages after government breach
of contract; contractor entitled to damages through end of contract
term) Kellogg
Brown & Root Services, Inc. v. United States, No. 2012-5106, -5115
(Sep. 5, 2013) (CoFC erred in not imputing contractor's employees'
actions to contractor for purposes of Government's counterclaim under
Anti-Kickback Act; otherwise, affirms decision of CoFC, except its
calculation of base fee) General
Dynamics Corp. v. Sec'y of Defense, No. 2012-1249 (May 9, 2013)
(affirms ASBCA decision contractor's use of a partial-year asset valuation in computing its retirement plan forward pricing rates was
noncompliant with CAS 412) Entergy
Nuclear Fitzpatrick, LLC v. United States, No. 2012-5059 (Apr. 2,
2013) (affirms Court of Federal Claims decision in Spent Nuclear
Fuel case; unavoidable delays clause does not limit Government's
damages) Haddon
Housing Associates, Limited Partnership, et al. v. United
States, No. 2012-5046, -5060 (Mar. 22, 2013) (reverses Court of
Federal Claims decision in part--prevention doctrine did not excuse
plaintiff's failure to timely request rent adjustments under HUD HAP
contracts) Christine
Baldridge v. GPO, No. 2012-6001 (Mar. 12, 2013) (nonprecedential;
affirms GAO Contract Appeals Board decision denying contractor's claim
because contract unambiguously called for item contrary to her
interpretation and, even if it had been ambiguous, it would have been
patently so, which would have required her to inquire about its
meaning before bidding) Sharp
Electronics Corp. v. McHugh, No. 2012-1299 (Feb. 22, 2013)
(affirms ASBCA decision that, under FAR 8.406-6, only GSA Contracting
Officer has authority to decide dispute involving interpretation of
FSS contract provisions and that ordering agency Contracting Officer
lacks such authority, even where dispute also involves purchase
order provisions) Northrop
Grumman Computing Systems v. United States, No. 2011-5124 (Feb. 19,
2013) (reverses Court of Federal Claims; contractor's letter,
despite omitting information concerning third-party financing
arrangements related to Anti-Assignment Act issues, gave Contracting
Officer adequate notice of amount and basis of claim and, therefore,
was sufficient under CDA) 2012 Chu
v. The Boeing Co., No. 2011-1304, -1317 (Nov. 20, 2012)
(nonprecedential; affirms prior CBCA decisions regarding allowability
of defense costs; although Board incorrectly determined it did not
have power to apportion costs of litigation with mixed results, no
need to remand because apportionment would not have been appropriate
in this case) Peter
C. Nwogu, dba Environmental Safety Consultants, Inc. v. United States,
No. 2011-5015 (Oct. 31, 2012) (nonprecedential; CDA gives
Court of Federal Claims jurisdiction to enforce a monetary judgment
rendered by the ASBCA) KD1
Development, Inc. v. GSA, No. 2012-1160 (Oct. 23, 2012)
(nonprecedential; reverses CBCA; ambiguity in lease agreement as to
whether operating costs were included in base rental rate is latent
and, therefore, must be construed against the Government) Bowers
Investment Co., LLC v. United States, No. 2011-5102 (Oct. 15, 2012)
(affirms CoFC's dismissal of claims for unpaid rent as based on same
transactional facts as, and therefore precluded by, prior decision by
CBCA) Tip
Top Construction, Inc. v. Donahoe, No. 2011-1509 (Sep. 19, 2012)
(reverses PSBCA; consultant and attorney costs were recoverable
because they were reasonable contract administration costs incurred in
connection with negotiating quantum of change and not for prosecution
of CDA claim) Scott
Timber Co. V. United States, No. 2011-5092 (Sep. 5, 2012)
(reverses decision by Court of Federal Claims and holds (i) Government
could not have breached the covenant of good faith and fair dealing by its pre-award conduct
of failing to disclose information to contractor because the covenant
does not exist until the contract is signed; and (ii) Government did
not unreasonably lengthen contract suspension by unduly delaying
actions that caused suspensions because suspensions were not
"specifically targeted" at delaying Scott's contracts and did not reappropriate any
benefit guaranteed by the contracts, since the contracts contained no guarantee that
performance would not be interrupted) Kansas
City Gas and Electric Co., et al. v. United States, Nos.
2011-5044, -5045 (July 12, 2012) (breach of Standard Contract for
spent nuclear fuel; calculation of damages; costs associated with researching alternative
spent nuclear fuel and radioactive waste storage Vermont
Yankee Nuclear Power Corp. v. United States, Nos. 2011-5033 et al.
(June 13, 2012) (spent nuclear fuel case; assignment of claims;
legal and lobbying fees as foreseeable damages; costs of disposing of contaminated material discovered
due to the breach and the characterization of spent fuel moved to dry storage;
cost of capital to fund mitigation activities; capital suspense loader overhead
costs; Resource Code 19 payroll loader overhead costs) FloorPro,
Inc. v. United States, No. 2011-5116 (May 31, 2012) (reverses
Court of Federal Claims and holds contractor's claim barred by CDA's
statute of limitations) Englewood
Terrace Limited Partnership v. United States, Nos. 2011-5072, -5073
(May 2, 2012) (nonprecedential; remands case to CoFC for
recalculation of lost profit award following breach because lower
court did not subtract costs saved by reason of breach) Parsons
Global Services, Inc. v. McHugh, No. 2011-1201 (Apr. 20, 2012)
(affirms ASBCA decision that request for subcontractor overhead costs
submitted by prime two years after termination for convenience was
"routine" and, therefore, not a claim within the meaning of
the CDA) The
Minesen Co. v. McHugh, No. 2010-1453 (Mar. 2, 2012)
(enforces provision in "Disputes" clause of NAFI contract
stating
ASBCA's decision on any appeal would be final and
unreviewable) Pacific
Gas & Electric Co. v. United States, No. 2010-5123 (Feb. 21, 2012)
(spent nuclear fuel; affirms damages award by Court of Federal Claims
in prior
decision favor of plaintiff) The
DIRECTV Group, Inc. v. United States, No. 2010-5031 (Jan. 26, 2012)
(affirms CoFC's decision
re appropriate segment closing adjustments under CAS 413 when sale of
segment involves transfer of defined benefit pension plan) 2011 South
Fuels, Inc., et al. v. United States, Nos. 2010-5116, -5117
(Jan. 19, 2012) (spent nuclear fuel; affirms CoFC's (i) denial of claim for
cost of borrowed funds and (ii) causation analysis and revised award of nominal
damages; and reverses CoFC's denial of overhead costs)
Engage
Learning, Inc., v. Salazar, No. 2011-1007 (Oct. 5, 2011)
(reverses CBCA's summary
dismissal of an appeal for lack of subject matter jurisdiction
because, after the contractor initially pled that its appeal
involved a contract covered by
the CDA, the CBCA made summary conclusions
about the credibility of evidence as to the existence of a
contract)
Boston
Edison Co., et al. v. United States, Nos. 2010-5136, -5137
(Sep. 28, 2011) (spent nuclear fuel case; interest on loans for
mitigation efforts is not recoverable; overhead costs on such efforts
are recoverable; costs avoided by reason of breach must be accounted
for)
Systems
Development Corp. v. McHugh, No. 2011-1092 (Sep. 26, 2011)
(affirms ASBCA's dismissal for lack of jurisdiction because the
contractor failed to appeal termination settlement cost claim to Board
within 90 days of receiving Contracting Officer's decision and failed
to submit equitable adjustment claims within CDA's six-year statute of
limitations) Cardiosom,
L.L.C. v. United States, No. 2010-5109 (Aug. 31, 2011) (reverses
CoFC and holds court has Tucker Act jurisdiction over contractor's
breach of contract claim following termination in accordance with the
2008 amendment to the Medicare Improvements for Patients and
Providers Act) Todd
Construction, L.P. v. United States, No. 2010-5166 (Aug 29, 2011)
(affirms CoFC decision that court had CDA jurisdiction to consider
contractor's claim that Government gave it unfair performance
evaluation but that complaint failed to state claim under Rule
12(b)(6) because, even assuming its allegations were true, there was
still basis for concluding Government's evaluation was not arbitrary
or capricious) Southern
California Edison Co. v. United States, No. 2010-5147 (Aug. 23,2011)
(spent nuclear fuel; affirms CoFC conclusion that indirect costs can
be recovered as part of damages for breach) Lumbermens
Mutual Casualty Co. v. United States, No. 2010-5086, -5087 (Aug. 3,
2011) (rights of Miller Act sureties against United States) Dairyland
Power Cooperative v. United States, Nos. 2010-5110, -5111 (June 24,
2011) (spent nuclear fuel case; calculation of damages; "exchange model,"
overhead and G&A, investment in PFS) Dominion
Resources, Inc., et al. v. United States, Nos. 2009-5031, -5032
(Apr. 25, 2011) (affirms
Court of Federal Claims decision that that the
Assignment of Claims Act does not prohibit the assignment of existing
contract claims in spent nuclear fuel case because the Nuclear Waste
Policy Act, 42 U.S.C. § 10222, allows such assignments) Stockton
East Water District, et al. v. United States, No. 2007-5142
(Mar. 18, 2011) (on petition
for rehearing, affirms earlier decision remanding case to Court of
Federal Claims for limited purpose of determining amount of
Government's liability for contract breaches) Southern
Nuclear Operating Co., et al., v. United States, No. 2008-5020
(Mar. 11, 2011) (spent
nuclear fuels case; remands damages calculation portion of case to
Court of Federal Claims to consider additional discovery or evidence
in light of Federal Circuit decision made after original Court of
Federal Claims decision) Mabus
v. General Dynamics C4 Systems, Inc., No. (Feb. 4, 2011) (reverses
ASBCA decision
because Board applied wrong test of equitable estoppel; fact that
contractor accepted some emailed delivery orders, when contract
required them to be mailed, estops contractor from refusing to perform
subsequent, similarly deficient delivery orders) Frank
P. Slattery, Jr., et al. v. United States, No. 2007-5063,
-5064, -5089 (Jan. 28, 2011) (Tucker Act jurisdiction
exists over claims for breach of contract by the FDIC) 2010 Arctic
Slope Native Ass'n, LTD. v. HHS, No. 2010-1013 (Dec. 15, 2010)
(affirms CBCA decision; contractor not entitled to reimbursement for
costs that exceed statutory cap when contract contains explicit
"subject to availability of appropriated funds" and
"not to exceed" language; Government did not breach contract
by failing to request additional appropriations because there was no
contractual requirement that it do so) Norma
C. Sullivan and Donald E. Sullivan, v. United States, No. 2010-5091
(Nov. 29, 2010) (nonprecedential; reverses Court of Federal
Claims; plaintiffs injured by car driven by Postal Service contractor
cannot sue Postal Service for breach of contract as third party
beneficiaries for Postal Service's failure to enforce contract
provision requiring contractor to obtain additional insurance) McHugh
v. DLT Solutions, Inc., No. 2009-1536 (Sep. 23, 2010) (reverses prior
ASBCA decision; following termination of contractor, Government
did not replace contracted-for software in violation of
Non-Substitution clause in delivery order) M.
Maropakis Carpentry, Inc. v. United States, No. 2009-5024 (June 17,
2010) (CDA; definition of a claim; necessity to comply with CDA
requirements when asserting claim as a defense to government claim) Donley
v. Lockheed Martin Corp., No. 2009-1261(June 10, 2010) (affirms ASBCA decision; definition of an
"affected CAS-covered contract" within the meaning of FAR
30.602(3)(1993)) Guy
W. Parker dba Parker International v. United States, No. 2010-1153
(June 9, 2010--nonprecedential) (affirms dismissal for failure to
submit claim to Contracting Officer for decision and for untimely
appeal of another claim) ATK
Thiokol, Inc. v. United States, No. 2009-5036 (Mar. 19, 2010) (IR
& D costs; "required in the performance of a contract") Precision
Pine & Timber, Inc. v. United States, Nos. 2008-5092, -5093 (Feb.
19, 2010) (reverses Court of Federal Claims and holds Government
did not breach either express warranty (because none existed) or duty
of good faith and fair dealing in suspending timber harvesting
contracts during consultations required by court order in separate
litigation) Francisco
Javier Rivera Agredano and Alfonso Calderon Leon v. United States, No.
2008-5114, -5115 (Feb. 17, 2010) (purchase of vehicle at federal
"As Is Where Is" auction did not create an implied-in-fact
agreement (warranty) by Government that the vehicle did not contain
hidden contraband) Nebraska
Public Power District v. United States, No. 2007-5083 (Jan. 12, 2010)
(Standard Contract; district court jurisdiction on issue of statutory
interpretation) 2009 Oregon
Woods, Inc. v. United States, No. 2009-1271 (Dec. 10, 2009)
(nonprecedential; affirms CBCA decision upholding default termination
on summary judgment because there was a rational basis for the
termination and it was not made in bad faith or as a result of an
abuse of discretion) States
Roofing Corp. v. Secretary of the Navy, No. 2009-1067 (Dec. 7, 2009)
(contract interpretation; reverses ASBCA decision in part because
contractor's interpretation was within zone of reasonableness) Teknowledge
Corp. v. United States, No. 2009-5053 (November 3, 2009)
(nonprecedential: affirms rejection of contractor's claim because
software amortization costs not allocable to contract) Arctic
Slope Native Association LTD v. Secretary of Health and Human
Services, No. 2008-1532 (Sep. 29, 2009) (CDA's six year statute of
limitations is subject to equitable tolling) Secretary
of Defense v. Raytheon Co., No. 2008-1543 (Sep. 14, 2009)
(reverses ASBCA decision that contractor's potential violation of CAS
413 had not caused the Government to pay increased costs and,
therefore, that the contractor was not required to pay interest) Vantage
Assocs. v. Sec'y of Defense, No. 2009-1214 (Aug. 7, 2009)
(nonprecedential; affirms ASBCA holding denying breach claim based on
alleged premature termination of purchase order for default) LAI
Services, Inc. v. Secretary of Defense, No. 2008-1317 (July 24, 2009)
(contract interpretation; reverses ASBCA and holds contractor should
have been reimbursed for shipment of items at issue under CLIN 002
instead of CLIN 001; determines appropriate method of charging under
CLIN 002, an issue not reached by the Board) Carolina
Power & Light Co. v. United States, No. 2008-5108 (July 21, 2009)
(partial breach by United States of of contract with utilities to
store spent nuclear waste; improper calculation of damages) Total
Procurement Service, Inc. v. Secretary of Defense, No. 2008-1450 (July
17, 2009) (nonprecedential; factual issues only; affirmed because
all factual findings supported by substantial evidence) American
Contractors Indemnity Co. v. United States, No. 2008-5188 (June 29,
2009) (surety bond; interpretation of 13 C.F.R. 115.19(e);
effective date of amendment to security bond agreement) Secretary
of the Navy v. FloorPro, Inc., No. 2008-1407 (June 26, 2009)
(subcontractor claiming to be third party beneficiary of bilateral
modification between Government and prime did not have CDA
jurisdiction to file claim directly against Government) Bell
BCI Co. v. United States, No. 2008-5087 (June 25, 2009) (reverses
parts of Court of Federal Claims decision because it finds
language "attributable to this modification" unambiguous as
a bar to certain claims) Tyler
Construction Group v. United States, No 2008-5177 (June 25, 2009)
(affirms Court of Federal Claims decision that use of ID/IQ contract
on project was appropriate) McDonnell
Douglas Corp. and General Dynamics Corp. v. United States, No.
2007-5111, 5131 (June 2, 2009) (upholds default termination) Tecom,
Inc. v. Secy. of the Army, No. 2008-1171 (May 19, 2009) (defense
and settlement costs of private suit for sexual harassment are not
recoverable by government contractor unless it can establish the
original plaintiff had very little chance of success on the merits) In Re
United States, No. 08-M885 (Mar. 5, 2009) (discovery; deliberative process privilege;
unauthorized ex parte contacts) Daewoo
Engineering and Constr. Co., LTD v. United States, No. 2007-5129 (Feb.
20, 2009) (affirms CoFC decision; baseless claim submitted only as
a negotiating ploy is fraudulent) North
Hartland, L.L.C. v. United States, No. 2008-5009 (Feb. 2, 2009)
(nonprecedential; affirms CoFC holding that plaintiff was not
authorized to sue the Government for breach of contract) Arko
Executive Services, Inc., No. 2008-5011 (Jan. 21, 2009) (affirms
lower court ruling on services contract; interpretation of the meaning
and interaction of the "Option to Extend the Term of the
Contract" clause (FAR 52.217-9); the "Option to Extend
Services" clause (FAR 52.217-8); and the "Continuity of
Services" clause (FAR 52.237-3) ) 2008 Conner
Brothers Construction Co. v. Geren, No. 2008-1188 (Dec. 31, 2008)
(sovereign acts doctrine precludes recovery) Rothe
Development Corp. v. Dept. of Defense, No. 2008-1017 (Nov. 4, 2008)(affirmative
action goals and preferences of 10 U.S.C. 2323 are unconstitutional) Delmarva
Power & Light Co. and Atlantic City Electric Co. v. United States,
No. 2008-5010 (Sep. 18, 2008) (Government's power to waive
prohibition on assignment of claims in Anti-Assignment Act) Nova
Express v. Postmaster General , No 2008-1153(Aug. 14, 2008)
(default termination; required insurance policy) Northrop
Grumman Information Technology, Inc. v. United States, No. 2008-5003
(August 5, 2008) (failure to incorporate disputed document into
lease agreement; integration clause) Parker
v. United States, No. 2007-5163 (June 4, 2008 nonprecendential)
(jurisdiction) General
Injectables & Vaccines, Inc. v. Gates, No. 2007-1119r (June 3,
2008) (petition for rehearing denied; FAR 52.212-4(f) interpreted
to mean that unexcused delay of subcontractor is not excusable delay
by the prime) Nova
Express v. Postmaster General, No. 2008-1033 (May 8, 2008)
(upholding board decision sustaining default termination;
nonprecedential) Phillips/May
Corp. v. United States, No. 2007-5139 (Apr. 23, 2008) (res
judicata; claim preclusion; splitting claims between board and Court
of Federal Claims) International
Technology Corp. v. Secretary of the Navy, No. 2007-1276 (Apr. 18,
2008) (differing site conditions; absence of reliance) Rick's
Mushroom Service, Inc. v. United States, No. 2007-5137 (Apr. 2 2008)
(lack of jurisdiction; no contract for procurement of goods or
services; claims sounding in tort; implied contract) General
Injectables & Vaccines, Inc. v. Secretary of Defense, No.
2007-1119 (Mar. 2008) (default termination; FAR 52.212-4(f);
contractor responsible for fault attributable to its subcontractors) 2007 Secretary
of the Navy v. Bath Iron Works Corp., No. 2006-1578, -1579 (Oct.
4,2007) (Insurance clause, defect in vessel) Tesoro
Hawaii Corp and Tesoro Alaska Co. v. United States, No. 2007-5022
(Sept. 28, 2007) (Minority preferences programs) ConocoPhillips
et al v. United States, No. 2007-5004 (Sept. 21, 2007) (Economic
Price Adjustment clause) Ace
Constructors, Inc. v. United States, No. 2006-5093 (Sept. 19, 2007)
(construction contract; defective specs; differing site conditions) National
American Insurance Co. v. United States, No. 2007-5016 (Aug. 23, 2007)
(Miller Act surety bond, subrogation issues) Winter
v. Cath-dr/Balti, Joint Venture, No. 2006-1359 (Aug. 17, 2007)
(express and implied authority; ratification) J.G.B.
Enterprises, Inc. v. United States, No. 2005-5065 (August 2, 2007)
(cross-contract setoff of debts) Comtrol,
Inc. v. United States, No. 01-5115 (June 26, 2002) (differing site
conditions, defective specifications, breach of implied duties of good
faith and fair dealing, cooperation, and noninterference) International
Data Products Corp. v. United States, No. 2006-5083 (June 27, 2007)
(convenience termination issues) Bill
Hubbard v. United States, No. 03-5076 (Mar. 20, 2007) (lost
profits; EAJA; attorneys fees) Ryste
& Ricas v. Harvey, No. 06-1196 (Feb. 16, 2007) (untimely
termination settlement proposal) North
Star Steel Co. v. United States, No. 06-5054 (Feb. 13, 2007)
(damages for government breach of contract) Bianchi
v. United States, No. 06-5042 (Jan. 29, 2007) (CoFC Jurisdiction;
timeliness of VECP claim) Clintwood
Elkhorn Mining Co., et al. v. United States, No. 04-5155 (Jan. 22,
2007) (interest recovery on unconstitutional export tax) Curtis
v. United States, No. 06-5107 (Jan. 10, 2007) (jurisdiction over
tort and breach claims--nonprecedential) Schleicher
Com. Corrections Ctr. v. Dept. of Justice, No. 06-1215 (Jan. 8, 2007)
(tardy DOL wage determination--nonprecedential) 2006 Richlin
Security Service Co. v. Secretary of Homeland Security, No. 2006-1055
(Dec. 26, 2006) (Equal Access to Justice Act--recovery of
paralegal expenses at local market rates) Night
Vision Corp. v. United States, No. 06-5048 (Nov. 22, 2006) (no
obligation by Government to enter into a Phase III SBIR program
contract with a small business after it successfully completed Phases
I and II) TEG-Paradigm
Environmental, Inc. v. United States, No. 06-5007 (Sep. 29, 2006)
(offeror's "work plan" submitted in compliance with
solicitation's requirements did not become part of contract, did not
bind the Government, and did not override specification requirements) Kimco
Realty Corp. and Centereach Mall Assocs. v. United States, No. 05-5181
(June 30, 2006) (nonprecedential; lease interpretation;
responsibility for common area maintenance costs) Medlin
Construction Group, LTD v. Harvey, No. 05-1514 (June 1, 2006)
(contract interpretation; specification versus drawings; "Order
of Precedence" clause; reverses ASBCA summary judgment for
government; directs summary judgment for contractor) Massachusetts
Bay Transportation Authority v. United States, No. 05-5017 (Feb. 8,
2006) (nonprecedential; damages; interest) Jireh
Consulting Inc. (dba The Writing Co.) v. United States, No. 05-5040
(Feb. 7, 2006) (nonprecedential; affirms dismissal of Court of
Federal Claims case in part because a corporation may not appear pro
se) Information
Systems & Networks Corp. v. United States, Nos. 04-5151, -5154
(Feb. 6, 2006) (S corporation's reimbursement of sole
shareholder's state income taxes based on dividends she received from
corporation was not an allowable cost under government contract) Jacobs
Engineering Group, Inc. v. United States, No. 05-5052 (Jan. 19, 2006)
(convenience termination costs; contract interpretation; ambiguity
construed against the drafter of the contract) 2005 Long
Lane Limited Partnership v. Bibb, No. 05-1036 (Dec. 7, 2005)
(nonprecedential; affirms GSBCA's dismissal of appeal from lease
termination because contractor did not offer evidence lease was
terminated in bad faith) AST
Anlagen – und Sanierungstechnick GmbH v. Secretary of the Army, No.
05-1053 (Dec. 6, 2005) (nonprecedential; affirms ASBCA's denial of
contractor's claim for delay damages) Robert
Curtis v. United States, No. 05-5121 (Nov. 14, 2005)
(nonprecedential; affirms Claims Court dismissal for failure to
prosecute and for failed attempt to substitute individual plaintiff
for corporation holding contracts and for failure of corporation to be
represented by counsel) Flexfab,
L.L.C. v. United States, No. 05-5018 (Sep. 27, 2005) (affirms CoFC
decision because plaintiff did not present evidence that it was an
intended third party beneficiary under a government contract or that
it had a contract with the Government; therefore, it lacked standing) Lockheed
Martin Corp. v. Secretary of the Navy, No. 04-1461 (Sep. 21, 2005)
(affirms ASBCA decision that contractor is not entitled to recover for
subcontractor effort in termination settlement) 2004 Campbell
Plastics Engineering & Manufacturing, Inc. v. Brownlee, No.
03-1512 (Nov. 10, 2004) (affirms ASBCA decision sustaining right
of government to invention after contractor failed to comply with
invention disclosure provisions of contract) England
v. The Sherman R. Smoot Corp., No. 03-1461 (Nov. 3, 2004) (vacates
ASBCA decision that there was a rebuttable presumption that the
Government caused a 51-day delay arising simply from the fact that the
Contracting Officer had extended the contract completion date by that
amount) Bruce
e. Zoeller v. Brownlee, No. 04-1332 (Oct. 25, 2004) (affirms ASBCA
decision that Army's partial termination of lease was proper;
authority issues) England
v. Contel Advanced Systems, Inc., No. 04-1006 (Oct. 6, 2004)
(reverses ASBCA; holds claim is essentially a claim for interest as a
direct cost to the contractor resulting from the Government's alleged
breach of contract, which is barred by the "no interest"
rule) Gardiner
Kamya & Assocs., P.C. v. Jackson, No. 03-1235 (May 27, 2004)
(reverses HUDBCA decision that modification was not premised on
agreement to retroactively re-price past work) Turner
Construction Co. v. United States, No. 03-5055 (May 12, 2004)
(reverses Court of Federal claims; contract
interpretation--contractor's reading of drawings and specifications
together was reasonable) England
v. the Swanson Group, Inc., No. 03-1051 (Jan. 9, 2004) (reverses
ASBCA decision because contractor failed to submit a CDA
"claim" for a decision by the Contracting Officer) 2003 Thompson
v. Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, No. 02-1286 (July 3, 2003)
(affirms Department of Interior Board of Contract Appeals decision
that Government's failure to pay contract support indirect costs
breached contract) Rumsfeld
v. Applied Companies, Inc., 01-1630 (Apr. 2, 2003) (corrects some
misstatements in prior decision but otherwise affirms opinion
affirming ASBCA decision that DLA breached requirements contract by
including negligently-prepared estimates in solicitation) Kearfott
Guidance & Navigation Corp. v. Rumsfeld, No. 02-1039 (Feb. 25,
2003) (affirms ASBCA decision that contractor could not base its
claim for payment on the stepped up valuation of assets under FAR
31.205-52 (1990)) Allegheny
Teledyne, Inc., et al. v. United States, Nos. 02-5008, -5009,
-5010, -5011 (Jan. 23, 2003) (affirms Court of Federal Claims'
decision on pension surpluses or deficits issues with regard to
segment closings under CAS 413; pre-CAS contracts not subject to
adjustment) Eastman
Kodak Co. v. Rumsfeld, No. 02-1058 (Jan. 16, 2003) (affirms ASBCA
decision that claimed pension costs were not allocable to government
contracts under CAS 412 and 413) Rumsfeld
v. United Technologies Corp., Pratt & Whitney, No. 02-1071 (Jan.
15, 2003) (vacates ASBCA decision; under CAS 410, 418 and 420, in
allocating G&A, B&P, and IR&D, contractor was required to include a
"cost" for "collaboration parts" in its
allocation bases) 2002 Metric
Constructors v. United States, No. 02-5086 (Dec. 18, 2002)
(contract interpretation; reverses Court of Federal Claims; poorly
drafted document did not release prime and Government from
subcontractor claims involved in this case) Fireman's
Fund Insurance v. England, No. 00-1420 (Nov. 27, 2002) (affirms
ASBCA dismissal of portion of takeover surety's claim for refund of
the portion of delay damages covering the time period before it took
over the work) Seaboard
Lumber Co. and Capital Development Co. v. United States, No. 01-5097
(Oct. 18, 2002) (affirms Court of Federal Claims allowing
government claims against contractors on timber sales contracts) Johnson
Management Group CFC, Inc. v. Martinez, No. 01-1145 (Oct. 17, 2002)
(affirms HUDBCA's decision upholding propriety of default termination
and deciding claims for damages; Government not bound by clause
inserted by Contracting Officer in contract that directly contradicted
clear FAR requirements) AT&T
Co. and Lucent Technologies v. United States, No. 01-5044 (Oct. 8,
2002) (affirms Court of Federal Claims decision that Navy's
violation of section 8118 of Pub. L. 100-102, which prohibits fixed
price contracts for development of major weapons systems absent
specific findings by Secretary of Defense, did not void contract or
create actionable wrong against (or enforceable interest by)
contractor) Florida
Power & Light Co. et al. v. United States, Nos. 02-5012,
-5023 (Oct. 4, 2002) (appropriateness of various government
charges under uranium enrichment service contracts) Raytheon
Co. v. White, No. 01-1350 (Sep. 24, 2002) (partially affirms and
partially vacates ASBCA decision on claims for increased costs under
terminated contract) Robinson
and Florida Businessmen's Association, Inc. v. United States, No.
02-5028 (Sep. 24, 2002) (reverses Court of Federal Claims decision
on amount of damages for breach of sales agreement because Government
did not take appropriate steps to mitigate damages on resale, and, if
it had, there would have been none) International
Air Response v. United States, No. 01-5117 (Sep. 4, 2002)
(reverses Court of Federal Claims determination that complaint was
untimely filed under CDA; Government collaterally estopped from
challenging (in CoFC) order by federal district court staying the
running of the CDA appeal period?! because the Government chose not to
appeal that stay order) Energy
Capital Corp. v. United States, No. 01-5018 (Aug. 14, 2002)
(vacates Court of Federal Claims decision; award of lost profits for
contract breach was appropriate, but damages should have been
calculated using a risk-adjusted discount rate) Boeing
North American, Inc. v. Roche, No. 01-1011 (July 29, 2002)
(vacates ASBCA decision disallowing of legal costs contractor incurred
in defending shareholder derivative suit, because the ASBCA applied
the wrong legal standard and did not consider the contractor's
likelihood of prevailing on the merits of that suit; on remand, ASBCA
may allow costs only if it finds plaintiff's had very little
likelihood of prevailing on the merits of the suit) White
v. Edsall Construction Co., No. 01-1628 (July 2, 2002) (implied
warranty of design specifications; affirms ASBCA decision that general
disclaimer in design drawing did not shift risk of design defects to
contractor) United
Pacific Insurance Co. v. Roche, No. 01-1242 (June 27, 2002)
(dismisses appeal from ASBCA, without prejudice, for lack of
jurisdiction because the Board's decision was not yet
"final") Hercules
Inc. v. United States, No. 01-5103 (June 5, 2002) (proper handling
of tax refunds to contractor; CAS 406 and 410 are not inconsistent
with the FAR "Allowable Cost and Payment,"
"Taxes," and "Credits" clauses--leave granted for
stay pending appeal to Supreme Court) Varilease
Technology Group, Inc. v. United States, No. 01-5114 (May 7, 2002)
(affirms Court of Federal Claims decision that Government did not
breach ordering requirements in option period in ID/IQ contract
because exercising option did not convert contract to to a
requirements contract) Ridge
Runner Forestry v. Veneman, No. 01-1233 (Apr. 18, 2002) (affirms
AGBCA decision dismissing appeal for lack of jurisdiction because no
underlying contract had been formed; "Tender Agreement" were
illusory promises that did not bind the Government to order services
from appellant) Aerojet
Solid Propulsion Co. v. White, No. 01-1140 (May 29, 2002)
(defective pricing; affirms ASBCA decision that TINA required
contractor to reveal its receipt of additional sealed bids to the
Government during price negotiations because it was knowledge one
would reasonably expect to affect price negotiations significantly) The
Hunt Construction Group, Inc. v. United States, No. 01-5061 (Mar. 1,
2002) (affirms Court of Federal Claims decision that contract
unambiguously required the contractor to pay state and local sales and
use taxes; Government not required to notify other bidders of one
bidder's mistaken interpretation of solicitation) Am-Pro
Protective Agency, Inc. v. United States, No. 01-5077 (Feb. 26, 2002)
(affirms Court of Federal Claims summary judgment in favor of
Government that release barred contract claim) The
Xerxe Group, Inc. v. United States, No. 01-5055 (Feb. 4, 2002)
(affirms Court of Federal Claims decision that failure to mark each
page of unsolicited proposal with restricted rights legend required by
FAR is fatal to claim for Government's misuse of proprietary
information) Franklin
Pavkov Construction Co. v. United States, No. 01-1010 (Jan 28, 2002)
(affirms ASBCA decision on defective specification and defective
government-furnished material claims under construction contract) P.R.
Burke Corp. v. United States, No. 01-5001 (Jan. 24, 2002) (affirms
Court of Federal Claims holding denying contractor entitlement to
delay damages on contract to repair and improve sewage treatment
plant; delays caused by contractor's failure to submit a required,
conforming plan) Oman-Fishbach
International (JV) v. Pirie, No. 01-1075 (Jan 18, 2002) (affirms
ASBCA decision that contract did not shift to Government the
responsibility for excess costs caused by actions of Portuguese Armed
Forces that limited access to site) 2001 Hughes
Communications Galaxy, Inc. v. United States, Nos. 00-5109, -5119
(Nov. 13, 2001) (affirms Court of Federal Claims' calculation and
award of damages for Government's breach of contract) Charles
G. Williams Construction, Inc. v. White, No. 01-1074 (Nov. 8, 2001)
(vacates ASBCA's rejection of Eichleay claim for delay damages in
order for board to more fully explain the rationale for its ruling) Qualmed
Plans for Health of New Mexico, Inc. v. United States, No. 00-5108
(Sep. 24, 2001) (reverses decision of Court of Federal Claims:
contractor owes simple interest on amounts of government overpayments
under contract incorporating FAR and Federal Employees Health
Benefit Acquisitions Regulations (FEHBAR) re defective pricing) Robins
Maintenance, Inc. v. United States, No. 01-5010 (Sep. 20, 2001)
(affirms Court of Federal Claims decision that contractor's knowledge
of specification defects at the time it submitted bid for contract
precluded recovery for defective specifications; failure to raise
other claims in Complaint or in status report to Court of Federal
Claims constitutes abandonment of those claims) Marine
Logistics v. England, No. 00-1528 (Sep. 12, 2001) (transfers
appeal from ASBCA to District Court because it is wholly maritime
case) American
Federation of Government Employees, et al. v. United States,
No. 00-5090 (July 23, 2001) (lack of standing to challenge cost
comparison under OMB Circular A-76 because challengers are not actual
or potential bidders) Furash
& Co. v. United States, No. 00-5084 (June 13, 2001) (affirms
Court of Federal Claims decision that it lacked jurisdiction over
claim under contract by non-appropriated funds activity) General
Electric Co. v. Delaney, No. 00-1401 (June 1, 2001) (reverses
ASBCA decision; correct method of calculating foreign-currency
depreciation costs of an affiliate) UMC
Electronics Co. v. United States, No. 00-5046 (May 14, 2001)
(affirms Court of Federal Claims finding of fraudulent claim where
contractor referred in claim to "actual costs," but used
only purchase orders to compute the claim, when most invoices for
delivered items were available) Program
and Construction Management Group, Inc. v. Davis, No. 00-1312 (Apr.
19, 2001) (affirms GSBCA on contract interpretation issue;
contractor not entitled to compensation for delays) Insurance
Co. of the West v. United States, No. 00-5039 (Mar. 23, 2001)
(subrogee, after stepping into shoes of government contractor, is not
barred by sovereign immunity from suing Government under Tucker Act) 2000 Marathon
Oil co. et al. v. United States, No. 97-5146 (Dec. 28, 2000)
(government breach of oil and gas exploration contracts) Jowett,
Inc. v. United States, No. 00-5021 (Dec. 13, 2000) (affirms Court
of Federal Claims decision that construction contract requirement to
insulate air supply ducts was unambiguous) Giesler
and Coniglio, dba Central Park Co. v. United States, Nos. 00-5031,
-5032 (Nov. 13, 2000) (reverses Court of Federal Claims and holds
that contractor's failure to read specification incorporated by
reference in solicitation did not entitle it to relief for failing to
provide specified items, and contractor's submission of document after
pre-award survey indicating the items it intended to supply did not
conform to that spec did not entitle it to relief from the spec) Ace-Federal
Reporters, Inc., et al., No. 99-1528 (Sep. 28, 2000)
(reverses GSBCA and holds Government breached multiple award schedule
contracts for transcription services whenever agencies ordered
services from a non-schedule contractor without having obtained the
appropriate waiver; damages for lost profits) Danzig
v. AEC Corp., No. 99-1343 (Sep. 25, 2000) (reverses ASBCA
decision that default termination was improper; failure of contractor
to respond adequately to Government's request for adequate assurances
of timely performance) Kinetic
Builders, Inc. v. Peters, No. 00-1065 (Sep. 25, 2000) (affirms
ASBCA's denial of claims for extended jobsite overhead costs) Rex
Systems, Inc. v. United States, No. 99-1527 (Sep. 14, 2000)
(affirms ASBCA decision denying contractor claim for interest on
termination-for-convenience settlement amount because parties had not
reached impasse in settlement negotiations and, therefore, letter to
TCO was not a CDA claim requesting a final decision) Freightliner
Corp. v. Caldera, No. 99-1217 (Sep. 6, 2000) (affirms ASBCA that
option exercise by Government did not violate option clause and,
therefore, did not entitle contractor to equitable adjustment) Maine
Yankee Atomic Power Co. et al. v. United States, Nos. 99-5138,
-5139, -5140 (Aug. 31, 2000) (government breach of Standard
Contract for disposal of nuclear waste) Northern
States Power Co. v. United States, No. 99-5096 (Aug. 31, 2000)
(government breach of Standard Contract for disposal of nuclear waste) Essex
Electro Engineers, Inc. v. Danzig, No. 99-1480 (Aug. 18, 2000)
(reverses portions of ASBCA decision concerning concurrent delay
because it did not use proper analysis to apportion delay between
Government and contractor) Sauer,
Inc. v. Danzig, No. 99-1206 (July 20, 2000) (appeal from ASBCA;
construction contract; labor and equipment inefficiencies; claim for
remission of liquidated damages) Sea-Land
Service, Inc. v. Danzig, No. 99-1124 (May 8, 2000) (appeal from
ASBCA; proper charges for transportation services under McCumber
Amendment) Herman
B. Taylor Construction Co. v. Barram, No. 99-1028 (Feb. 15, 2000)
(reverses GSBCA decision sustaining default termination; DOL
"consent order" was not a finding of labor noncompliance
that would justify default) |
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