To assert a claim for monetary relief, the claimant must seek a "sum certain." A monetary claim that does not state a sum certain may be denied by the Contracting Officer and denied by the Board of Contract Appeals for...more
Federal contractors understandably associate litigation at the Court of Federal Claims (COFC) with recovering monetary damages. Appealing denied claims to the COFC (along with the Boards of Contract Appeals) is the exclusive...more
On Nov. 20, 2018, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit seemingly ended the Veterans Contracting Group line of cases. As a refresher, in those cases, the contractor challenged the U.S. Small Business...more