Repeated Communications About Nonpayment Convert Request for Payment into a Claim; ASBCA No. 60703, Appeal of Rover Construction Company

The government’s motion to dismiss an appeal of the agency’s denial of a claim for payment for contract work is denied, where the appellant demonstrated it had made repeated inquiries regarding nonpayment of its invoices, which converted its routine request for payment into a claim, and where the dollar value of the amount owed was less than $100,000, so a formal, certified claim was not required.