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| Dewey Electronics Corp. v. United States
Dewey Electronics Corp. v. United States
DEWEY ELECTRONICS CORP., APPELLANT,v.THE UNITED STATES, APPELLEE
On February 1, 1979, Dewey submitted a series of claims, which it called a "consolidated claim," to the contracting officer. They consisted of: $149,950.04 for "settlement of the partial termination" effected on April 14, 1978; $389,863.00 as an equitable adjustment for repricing of "unterminated and reordered units"; and $37,421.78 for unabsorbed burden. Included in the consolidated claim was a claim for delay Dewey had suffered due to alleged defects in the GFE model, the costs of which were not segregated and which were stated to be included within both the termination claim and the equitable adjustment claim.*fn1 By letter dated March 6, 1979, Dewey elected to proceed with its claim under the Contract Disputes Act of 1978 (CDA), Pub. L. No. 95-563, 92 Stat. 2383 (1978) (codified at 41 U.S.C. §§ 601-613 (1982)).
(c) Government caused delays.
On March 2, 1982, Dewey submitted a certified equitable adjustment claim to the contracting officer seeking an increase in the contract price. It also requested interest, pursuant to 41 U.S.C. § 611, on the equitable adjustment claim which Dewey considered as outstanding since February 2, 1979, when it first submitted its consolidated claim to the contracting officer. This certified filing restated Dewey's February 2, 1979 claims, other than the settled termination claim, and added more claims which were based on facts occurring after February 2, 1979. In all, Dewey's March 2, 1982 submission contained nine separate "claims."*fn2 The contracting officer did not respond to these certified claims within the time required by 41 U.S.C. § 605(c)(2) (1982), and Dewey therefore filed its appeal with the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals pursuant to 41 U.S.C. § 605(c)(5) (1982).
On June 28, 1985, the Board issued a decision, limited to consideration of the entitlement issue. It found for Dewey on five claims and remanded them to the contracting officer for "negotiation of the equitable adjustment due appellant." The Board determined that Dewey was not entitled to recover on the four other claims and Dewey now appeals each of these adverse determinations.*fn3
The government has raised, as a jurisdictional matter,*fn4 the question of whether the decision of the Board constitutes a final decision within the meaning of 28 U.S.C. § 1295(a)(10) (1982). In doing so, it contends that the Board did not fully decide the case before it because five claims were remanded to the contracting officer to determine the amount that should be paid to Dewey on these claims as an equitable adjustment to the contract. The government refers to long-standing concepts of finality, requiring decision on both liability and damages, under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 (1982) relating to appeals from district courts. Reliance is also placed on decisions of our predecessor court involving the effective date of the Contract Disputes Act of 1978. We do not find these to be persuasive ...