Contractor Cannot Support Claim for Front-Loaded Costs With Speculation; ASBCA Nos. 59924, Appeals of Campus Management Corporation

Appeal of the agency’s deemed denial of a claim seeking to recoup costs associated with a termination for convenience is sustained in part, where the contractor demonstrated that work under a contract modification was not previously paid under previous invoices and that its telecommunications vendor had imposed a reasonable early termination fee; and denied in part, where the contractor’s assertion that it had not recovered 30 percent of front-loaded costs necessary for the performance of the contract and its option period is speculative and not supported by concrete evidence.