Court Opinion

ID: 9906931
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Date Created: 2023-12-05 17:00:14.652964+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:55:31.149421
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ARMED SERVICES BOARD OF CONTRACT APPEALS

Appeal of -                                     )
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Pigott Asphalt and Sitework, LLC                ) ASBCA No. 63731
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Under Contract No. FA2521-22-C-0041             )

APPEARANCES FOR THE APPELLANT:                     Edward J. Kinberg, Esq.
                                                   Blake B. Stewart, Esq.
                                                   Robert M. Cloutier, Esq.
                                                    Steward Law CS, LLC
                                                    Rockledge, FL

APPEARANCES FOR THE GOVERNMENT:                    Caryl A. Potter, III, Esq.
                                                    Air Force Deputy Chief Trial Attorney
                                                   Patricia W. Walter, Esq.
                                                   Geoffrey R. Townsend, Esq.
                                                    Trial Attorneys

                               ORDER OF DISMISSAL

       The Board docketed this appeal on October 4, 2023. On October 30, 2023, the
government moved to dismiss the appeal for lack of subject matter jurisdiction,
arguing that appellant failed to submit a valid claim to the contracting officer. By
correspondence dated November 3, 2023, appellant requested that the appeal be
dismissed without prejudice. The government has indicated that it would agree to
dismiss the appeal as moot. We observe that even if the government were to prevail
on its motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction, the result would be dismissal without
prejudice. See TTF, L.L.C., ASBCA No. 58494, 13 BCA ¶ 35,343 at 173,464.
Accordingly, the appeal is dismissed from the Board’s docket without prejudice.

       Dated: November 21, 2023

                                             RICHARD SHACKLEFORD
                                             Administrative Judge
                                             Acting Chairman
                                             Armed Services Board
                                             of Contract Appeals
      I certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the Order of Dismissal of the
Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals in ASBCA No. 63731, Appeal of Pigott
Asphalt and Sitework, LLC, rendered in conformance with the Board’s Charter.

      Dated:

                                              PAULLA K. GATES-LEWIS
                                              Recorder, Armed Services
                                              Board of Contract Appeals

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