COFC Must Solely Assert Fraud to Invalidate Board’s Jurisdiction; ASBCA Nos. 61161, Appeals of PROTEC GmbH

Motion to dismiss appeals for lack of jurisdiction is denied, where the contracting officer’s final decisions did not assert a suspicion of fraud, but relied on rationales the CO was authorized to assert, even though the government is investigating the contractor for alleged fraudulent activity under the same contracts and based on overlapping facts.