by Richard D. Lieberman, Consultant | Nov 15, 2023 | Contract Disputes Act/Disputes/Courts/Boards of Contract Appeals
There aren’t many cases involving the Federal Employee Health Benefit (“FEHB”) program which provides medical insurance to federal employees and their families. So UnitedHealthcare Insurance Co, Inc. v. Office of Personnel Management, CBCA 7357, June 21, 2023 is an...
by Richard D. Lieberman, Consultant | Nov 8, 2023 | Claims and Remedies, Contract Disputes Act/Disputes/Courts/Boards of Contract Appeals
Strativia, LLC protested award of a task order to Field Data Technology (“FDT”) under a Department of Agriculture solicitation for support of a Retailer Service Center for Supplemental Nutrition Assistant Program (“SNAP”) benefits. (SNAP was previously known as the...
by Richard D. Lieberman, Consultant | May 4, 2023 | Claims and Remedies, Contract Disputes Act/Disputes/Courts/Boards of Contract Appeals
Cure Notice: The Civilian Board of Contract Appeals recently ruled that the Department of Veterans Affairs (“VA”) had improperly terminated two contracts for cause (default) because of a defective cure notice and the exercise of options that demonstrated that the...
by Richard D. Lieberman, Consultant | Jul 13, 2021 | Claims and Remedies, Contract Disputes Act/Disputes/Courts/Boards of Contract Appeals
The Supreme Court narrowed the category of documents that must be released in response to a Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) request. United States Fish and Wildlife Serv. V. Sierra Club, Inc., 141 S. Ct. 777 (2021). The Court held that FOIA’s deliberative...
by Richard D. Lieberman, Consultant | Jul 6, 2021 | Claims and Remedies, Contract Disputes Act/Disputes/Courts/Boards of Contract Appeals
The Federal Circuit recently held that the Court of Federal Claims has jurisdiction over a claim that the government breached an implied-in-fact contract to fairly and honestly consider an offeror’s proposal in the procurement context. This was a question that had...
by Richard D. Lieberman, Consultant | Jun 22, 2021 | Claims and Remedies, Contract Disputes Act/Disputes/Courts/Boards of Contract Appeals
One of the bedrock principles of the Contract Disputes Act (“CDA”) is that each claim by a contractor relating to a federal contract shall be submitted to the Contracting Officer (“CO”) for decision. 41 USC § 7103(a)(1). For a board or a Court to possess...
