ARMED SERVICES BOARD OF CONTRACTAPPEALS Appeal of

-- ) ) Shippers Stevedoring Company ) ) Under ContractNo. HTC71 l-15-D-R037 ) APPEARANCE FORTHE APPELLANT:

APPEARANCES FORTHE GOVERNMENT: ASBCA No. 60379

Mr. Nick Stratigakis

President and ChiefExecutive Officer Jeffrey P. Hildebrant, Esq.

Air Force Deputy ChiefTrial Attorney Lt Col Damund E. Williams, USAF

Trial Attorney ORDER OF DISMISSAL By letter dated 18 December 2015, Donald C. Holmes, Esq., filed a notice ofappeal from a contracting officer's final decision denying appellant's request for payment for "hardship conditions" on behalfofShippers Stevedoring Company (appellant), which the Board docketed on 21December2015. Mr. Holmes represented appellant in connection with this appeal until 15 November 2016, when he notified the Boardhe was withdrawing as counsel, and provided the Board with contact information for Mr. Nick Stratigakis, whom Mr. Holmes identified as appellant's President and ChiefExecutive Officer. By Orders dated 17 November 2016 and 15 December 2016, appellant was directed to show that it is represented in this appeal by a person who meets the criteria ofBoard Rule 15(a), orto designate a properperson as its representative. Those two Orders were sent to Mr. Stratigakis at the address provided by Mr. Holmes. By Order dated 11 January 2017, appellant was again directed to show that it is represented by a person meeting the criteria of Board Rule 15(a) or designate a properperson as its representative. This Order was sentto Mr. Stratigakis at the email address provided by Mr. Holmes. TheBoardhas received no response to any ofthose Orders. On 4 January 2017 and 11 January 2017, Boardpersonnel attempted to contact Mr. Stratigakis at the office and cell phone numbers provided by appellant's former counsel, and left voicemail messages requesting appellantto contactthe Board. Appellant did not respond to either ofthose voicemails. By Show Cause Order dated 2 February 2017, the Board ordered appellant to show that it is represented in these proceedings by a person meeting the criteria ofBoard Rule 15(a) or designate a properperson to represent it. The Order stated that ifappellant did notcomply, the Board intended to dismiss this appeal without further notice to the parties. The Orderwas sent to appellantvia certified mail and email to the addresses provided by Mr. Holmes. The return receipt card for the certified letter was returned to the Board bearing the illegible signature ofa person identified not as the addressee but as an agent. The Board received no response to the Order. 

### It is not clear whether Mr. Stratigakis is currently employed by appellant and appellanthas not designated another individual as its representative. Since the Board cannot proceed without a representative meeting the requirements ofBoard Rule 15(a), this appeal is dismissed. Dated: 7 March 2017 

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RICHARD SHACKLEFORD Administrative Judge Vice Chairman Armed Services Board ofContract Appeals

2 MARKN. STEMPLER Administrative Judge Acting Chairman Armed Services Board ofContractAppeals

I concur

# ')1~:l).0~**MI~'CONNELL** '- Administrative Judge Armed Services Board ofContract AppealsI certify that the foregoing is a true copy ofthe Order ofDismissal ofthe Armed Services Board ofContractAppeals in ASBCANo. 

### 60379, Appeal ofShippers Stevedoring Company, rendered in conformance with the Board's Charter. Dated:

3 JEFFREY D. GARDIN Recorder, Armed Services Board ofContract Appeals