Failed Negotiations Do Not Convert Price Proposal into Claim; COFC No. 16-1265C, L-3 Communications Integrated Systems L.P. v. United States

Complaint seeking damages for losses sustained as a result of an allegedly improper price determination is dismissed for lack of jurisdiction, where the plaintiff’s final cost proposal submitted during negotiations to definitize an undefinitized contractual action did not meet the requirement to submit a certified claim in a sum certain to the contracting officer for a decision.