by Richard D. Lieberman, Consultant | Jul 7, 2020 | Contract Disputes Act/Disputes/Courts/Boards of Contract Appeals, Offers/Protests
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, 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 16, 2020 | Contract Disputes Act/Disputes/Courts/Boards of Contract Appeals, Offers/Protests
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...
by Richard D. Lieberman, Consultant | Jun 9, 2020 | Claims and Remedies, Contract Disputes Act/Disputes/Courts/Boards of Contract Appeals
Recently, a contractor who had submitted a claim to its contracting officer, made a fatal procedural mistake when asking the Civilian Board for summary judgment. CSI Aviation, Inc. v. Dept of Homeland Security, CBCA 6292, Feb. 25, 2020. As readers well know, a motion...
by Richard D. Lieberman, Consultant | Apr 28, 2020 | Contract Disputes Act/Disputes/Courts/Boards of Contract Appeals, Offers/Protests
The Court of Federal Claims recently held that it could not consider a post-award bid protest of a Contractor Performance Assessment Report (“CPAR”); however, it could consider the bad faith actions of the agency which allegedly compromised the award of the contract...
by Richard D. Lieberman, Consultant | Apr 7, 2020 | Claims and Remedies, Contract Disputes Act/Disputes/Courts/Boards of Contract Appeals, Fraud
The Federal Government in Fiscal Year 2019 recovered more than $3 billion in Civil False Claims Act settlements and judgments. This included $844 million in non-Qui Tam amounts and $2.2 billion in Qui Tam amounts. The relator’s share in FY 2019 amounted to $272...
