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
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 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 | May 12, 2020 | Claims and Remedies
After a contract has been terminated for default, Federal Acquisition Regulation (“FAR”) 49.402-6 permits the agency to repurchase the same or similar services or supplies against the defaulted contractor’s account, as long as the supplies or services are still...
by Richard D. Lieberman, Consultant | Apr 7, 2020 | Claims and Remedies, Contract Disputes Act/Disputes/Courts/Boards of Contract Appeals
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...