by Richard D. Lieberman, Consultant | Jul 14, 2020 | Basic Principles/Authority to Contract
In two recent cases, one before the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals (“CBCA”) and the other at the Federal Circuit, the contractors either failed to read their contract, or they ignored some basic contracting rules, like the plain meaning rule in contract... by Richard D. Lieberman, Consultant | Jul 7, 2020 | Contract Disputes Act/Disputes/Courts/Boards of Contract Appeals
The Civilian Board of Contract Appeals recently dismissed a claim on a default termination of a Department of State contract for construction and lease of residential housing for embassy personnel in the Dominican Republic. The contract also included an option... by Richard D. Lieberman, Consultant | Jun 30, 2020 | Claims and Remedies, Contract Disputes Act/Disputes/Courts/Boards of Contract Appeals
In an interesting Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals case, the Board sustained a contractor’s claim for $962,020 for increased scope of work in creating technical manuals. Command Languages, Inc. d/b/a/ CLI Solutions, ASBCA No. 61216, Feb. 7, 2020. The... by Richard D. Lieberman, Consultant | Jun 23, 2020 | Claims and Remedies
The Federal Circuit Court, never having previously a standard for evaluating disparate evaluation claims in bid protests, adopted the Fed. Claims Standard of “substantively indistinguishable” IN denying the protest appeal of Office Design Group v. U.S., Cuna Supply... by Richard D. Lieberman, Consultant | Jun 16, 2020 | Contract Disputes Act/Disputes/Courts/Boards of Contract Appeals
The following forums have jurisdiction to consider bid protests: Agency: jurisdiction provided by Executive Order 12979 and Federal Acquisition Regulation (“FAR”) 33.103. Government Accountability Office (“GAO”): jurisdiction provided by Competition in...