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Stephen J. McBrady, Michelle D. Coleman, Amanda H. McDowell and Zariah T. Altman | Crowell & Moring<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

On April 6, 2023, the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals (CBCA), in BES Design\/Build, LLC, CBCA 7585, dismissed a contractor\u2019s appeal for lack of jurisdiction, finding the appeal untimely, and underscoring that a contractor cannot reset the 90-day appeal window by resubmitting its original claim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On February 24, 2021, BES Design\/Build, LLC (BES) submitted a certified claim for non-payment under a task order to replace two exterior stairs at a courthouse. The contracting officer denied the claim in a final decision (COFD) on April 23, 2021. BES did not appeal that denial. More than a year later, on June 8, 2022, BES submitted a nearly identical certified claim. The contracting officer responded on August 22, 2022, stating that a COFD had already been issued on the matter. On November 18, 2022, BES appealed what it cited as the August 22, 2022 COFD to the CBCA. The GSA then filed a motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction, citing BES\u2019s appeal as untimely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The CBCA granted the GSA\u2019s motion to dismiss, noting that there are three jurisdictional prerequisites for it to hear a contractor\u2019s claim under the Contract Disputes Act (CDA): (1) the contractor\u2019s submission of a claim to the contracting officer; (2) the issuance of a COFD or occurrence of a deemed denial; and (3) a timely appeal. Under the CDA, a contractor has 90 days from the date of receiving a COFD to appeal the decision to the relevant agency board. BES argued that, because the agency responded to its second claim on August 22, 2022, it should be entitled to 90 days from that date to appeal the agency\u2019s denial. The CBCA disagreed, explaining that claims based on a common or related set of operative facts will be considered the same claim for the purposes of an appeal if \u201ca court will have to review the same or related evidence to make its decision.\u201d Here, because the contractor\u2019s allegations and the relief sought in each claim were substantially the same, the CBCA found both of BES\u2019s submissions were for the same claim, and the relevant date for calculating the 90-day appeal window was the issuance of the first COFD, on April 23, 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This decision underscores the importance of timely appealing a claim upon the receipt of a COFD, as a contractor cannot revive its appeal rights by simply re-submitting an old claim it failed to timely appeal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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When one of your cases is in need of a construction expert, estimates, insurance appraisal or umpire services in defect or insurance disputes – please call Advise & Consult, Inc. at 888.684.8305, or email experts@adviseandconsult.net<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Stephen J. McBrady, Michelle D. Coleman, Amanda H. McDowell and Zariah T. Altman | Crowell & Moring On April 6, 2023, the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals (CBCA), in BES Design\/Build, LLC, CBCA 7585, dismissed a contractor\u2019s appeal for lack of jurisdiction, finding the appeal untimely, and underscoring that a contractor cannot reset the 90-day appeal… Continue reading YOLO: CBCA Finds that a Contractor Cannot Revive Its Expired Appeal Rights by Resubmitting a Claim<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[11015],"tags":[9895,188],"class_list":["post-901118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-construction-claims","tag-advise-consult","tag-construction-claims","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\nYOLO: CBCA Finds that a Contractor Cannot Revive Its Expired Appeal Rights by Resubmitting a Claim - 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