Federal Circuit Holds that Final Decision on a Government Claim Need Not State a Sum Certain; Creative Management Services, LLC, DBA MC-2 v. United States, Fed. Cir. 2020-1449March 16, 2021
It’s In There Somewhere: ASBCA Finds that Contractor Made Demand for a Sum Certain from the Totality of the Parties’ Communications; Appeal of Globe Trailer Manufacturing, Inc., ASBCA No. 62594March 16, 2021
Contractor Not Liable for Prefabrication Costs of Government Furnished Property; Appeal of General Dynamics – National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, ASBCA No. 61854March 16, 2021
Agency Argued ASBCA Lacked Jurisdiction Because the Agency Hadn’t Issued Final Decision, But Agency’s Delay in Issuing Decision was a Breach that Conferred Jurisdiction; Appeals of Transdev Services, Inc., ASBCA Nos. 62654, 62655March 12, 2021
Government Can’t Dismiss Untimely Appeal of Default Termination Because Agency Failed to Provide Notice of Appeal Rights; Wise Development, LLC v. General Services Administration, CBCA 6659March 9, 2021
Dissolved Corporation Lacks Capacity to Contract with Government; Hudson General Contractor, Inc. v. Department of the Interior, CBCA 6696March 3, 2021
CBCA Can’t Tell Whether Parties Had Meeting of the Minds, Denies Government’s Motion for Summary Judgment; 1425-1429 Snyder Realty, LLC. v. Department of Veterans Affairs, CBCA 6433March 2, 2021
The Thrill is Gone: ASBCA Dismisses Appeal Due to Ennui; Appeal of Network Global Logistics, LLC, ASBCA No. 62345March 1, 2021
ASBCA Denies Claim Premised on a Reading of the Film “The Magnificent Seven”; Appeals of GSC Construction, Inc. ASBCA Nos. 59402, 59601February 22, 2021
Contractor Recovers Costs Incurred in Removing Larger-than-Expected Floating Fish Collector; Appeal of Central Diversified Contracting, LLC, ASBCA No. 62585February 22, 2021
ASBCA Finds Government Subpoena Sought Immaterial and Duplicative Information, Quashes It; Appeals of Sand Point Services, LLC, ASBCA Nos. 61819, 61820February 19, 2021
Contractor Obtains the Wrong Permit, Has to Redo the Work and Eat the Loss; Sarro & Associates, Inc. v. United States, COFC No. 19-691CFebruary 17, 2021
No Cardinal Change When the Final Product Is Not Much Different than that Specified By Contract; Appeals of Harry Pepper an Associates, Inc., ASBCA Nos. 62038 et al.February 17, 2021
Federal Circuit Rejects Claim that Would Have Made CLIN Inexplicable; P.K. Management Group, Inc. v. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Fed. Cir. 2020-1260February 16, 2021
What Are We Fighting For? ASBCA Boots Appeal Seeking Declaratory Relief Because the Challenged Agency Decision Did Not Impact the Contractor; Appeal of Lockheed Martin Corporation, ASBCA No. 62377February 12, 2021
Although Documents Were In Agency’s Contract File, They Were Not Incorporated Into Contract; CSI Aviation, Inc. v. Department of Homeland Security, CBCA 6292 et al.February 10, 2021
Self-Prepared, Unverified Spreadsheet Insufficient to Support Claim for Termination Costs; Bannum, Inc. v. United States, COFC No. 190-506CFebruary 10, 2021
Contractor Didn’t File a Claim But ASBCA Still Had Jurisdiction Over Appeal Challenging Termination for Cause; Appeal of Skyquest Aviation, LLC, ASBCA No. 62586February 10, 2021
CBCA Finds Agency Breached Software Licenses But Limits Contractor’s Damages to Licenses’ Fair Market Value; Immix Technology, Inc. v. Department of the Interior, CBCA 5866February 9, 2021
Government Not Required to Indemnify Contractor for Costs Incurred Litigating Third Party Radiation Exposure Suits; The Boeing Company v. Department of Energy, CBCA 6359February 9, 2021