Contractor on Defaulted Contract Cannot Appeal Costs Agreed to By Surety; ASBCA No. 61276, Appeal of Coastal Environmental Group Inc.

Appeal of the agency’s deemed denial of a claim seeking to recovery the costs of hiring a different contractor to complete work on a contract terminated for default is denied, where the appellant’s surety became the contractor in privity of contract with the government once the appellant defaulted and therefore had no standing to appeal post-termination costs agreed to by the surety.