by Richard D. Lieberman, Consultant | Jan 19, 2021 | Claims and Remedies, Contract Disputes Act/Disputes/Courts/Boards of Contract Appeals
On October 27, 2020, the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals (“ASBCA” or “Board”) released its report on transactions and proceedings for fiscal year (“FY”) 2020. The report is interesting for its discussion, rather than the actual the case count. A total of 497...
by John Plinke | Nov 29, 2020 | Claims and Remedies, Contract Disputes Act/Disputes/Courts/Boards of Contract Appeals, Offers/Protests
PCI has started a new webinar series, the Case of the Month Club. Each month PCI’s Government Contracts law experts will discuss one or two recent cases. If you do not need credit for the session, join for free at this link, using the code: NoCreditFree Here is a...
by Richard D. Lieberman, Consultant | Sep 15, 2020 | Claims and Remedies, Contract Administration Issues, Contract Disputes Act/Disputes/Courts/Boards of Contract Appeals
The Federal Circuit recently discussed the requirements of a “differing site conditions” claim under the appropriate contract clause. U.S Army Corps of Engineers v. John C. Grimberg, Co., Inc., No. 2019-1608 (Fed. Cir, June 9, 2020). The question in the case was...
by Richard D. Lieberman, Consultant | Jul 21, 2020 | Claims and Remedies, Contract Disputes Act/Disputes/Courts/Boards of Contract Appeals
In a recent case at the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals, the Board reasserted that a contractor may appeal a government claim without submitting a formal claim to the Contracting Officer, and the Board will have jurisdiction over the appeal. Suffolk Const. Co.,...
by Richard D. Lieberman, Consultant | Jun 30, 2020 | Claims and Remedies, Contract Disputes Act/Disputes/Courts/Boards of Contract Appeals, Offers/Protests
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, Offers/Protests
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...
