ARMED SERVICES BOARD OF CONTRACT APPEALS 
 
Appeal of - )  
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Paragon Defense Solutions, Inc. ) ASBCA No. 64312 
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Under Contract No. SPE7L3-22-P-6059 )  
   
APPEARANCE FOR THE APPELLANT: Mr. Weiwei Jian 
    President 
 
APPEARANCES FOR THE GOVERNMENT: Steven M. Sosko, Esq. 
    DLA Chief Trial Attorney 
 John J. Pritchard, Esq. 
Adam J. Heer, Esq. 
Julie K. Phillips, Esq. 
    Trial Attorneys 
    DLA Land and Maritime 
    Columbus, OH 
 
OPINION BY ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE MCILMAIL 
ON APPELLANT’S MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION 
 
Appellant requests reconsideration of our recent decision denying its Board 
Rule 12.2 appeal; we held that because appellant failed to deliver 118 propeller shafts 
by the April 10, 2023 date set by the government’s unilateral purchase order (as 
modified by the government’s unilaterally issued Modification No. 11), or at all, no 
completed purchase and sale contract for those propeller shafts came into existence.  
See Paragon Defense Sols., Inc., ASBCA No. 64312, 26-1 BCA ¶ 38,955 at 189,632.  
Motions for reconsideration do not afford litigants the opportunity to take a “second 
bite at the apple,” or to advance arguments that properly should have been presented in 
an earlier proceeding.  Avant Assessment, LLC, ASBCA No. 58867, 15-1 BCA 
¶ 36,137 at 176,384.  At bottom, Paragon reargues the case it made before we issued 
our decision, with a notable change:  having originally characterized Modification 
No. 1 as unilaterally issued by the government, appellant now, in support of its 
position that the parties entered a contract, characterizes that unilateral modification as  
  
 
1 R4, tab 13 at 149-50. 

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bilateral, even though appellant did not sign that modification.2  The reconsideration 
stage is too late for appellant to switch gears like that.  
 
The motion for reconsideration is denied. 
 
Dated:  February 26, 2026 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
TIMOTHY P. MCILMAIL 
Administrative Judge 
Armed Services Board 
of Contract Appeals 
 
I certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the Opinion and Decision of the 
Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals in ASBCA No. 64312, Appeal of Paragon 
Defense Solutions, rendered in conformance with the Board’s Charter. 
 
Dated:  February 27, 2026 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2 R4, tab 13 at 149; compare app. br. at 2 ¶ 3, 3 ¶ 1 with mot. at 3 ¶ B, 5. 
 
 
 
PAULLA K. GATES-LEWIS 
Recorder, Armed Services 
Board of Contract Appeals