Court Opinion

ID: 9900216
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Date Created: 2023-11-18 22:02:11.414765+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:21:06.180941
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ARMED SERVICES BOARD OF CONTRACT APPEALS

 Appeal of -                                      )
                                                  )
 Valiant Integrated Services, LLC                 )   ASBCA No. 63117
                                                  )
 Under Contract No. W911W4-11-D-0006 et al.       )

 APPEARANCES FOR THE APPELLANT:                       Edmund M. Amorosi, Esq.
                                                      Kathryn T. Muldoon Griffin, Esq.
                                                       Haynes and Boone, LLP
                                                       Tysons, VA

 APPEARANCES FOR THE GOVERNMENT:                      Samuel W. Morris, Esq.
                                                       DCMA Chief Trial Attorney
                                                      Srikanti Schaffner, Esq.
                                                       Trial Attorney
                                                       Defense Contract Management Agency
                                                       Carson, CA

               OPINION BY ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE THRASHER

        The contracting officer’s determination of noncompliance with a cost accounting
standard from which this appeal is taken has been withdrawn; the contracting officer
stated that they “have determined the cost impact was immaterial.” By motion dated
March 31, 2023, the government moves to dismiss this appeal with prejudice since the
contracting officer withdrew its final decision dated September 30, 2021. The
government states that it “has no intention of issuing another final decision with the
same determinations as the September 30, 2021 Final Determination for the period of
July 2016 to December 2021.” The government asserts that this appeal is now moot.
Appellant does not oppose the government’s motion.
       “[W]hen a contracting officer unequivocally rescinds a government claim, the
government’s action moots the appeal, leaving the Board without jurisdiction to entertain
the appeal further.” Scot Cardillo d.b.a. Eng’rs Tooling Support, ASBCA No. 62051,
22-1 BCA ¶ 38,153 at 185,297 (citations omitted). Accordingly, the appeal is dismissed
as moot.

      Dated: April 7, 2023

                                                 JOHN J. THRASHER
                                                 Administrative Judge
                                                 Chairman
                                                 Armed Services Board
                                                 of Contract Appeals

 I concur                                        I concur

 RICHARD SHACKLEFORD
 Administrative Judge                            Administrative Judge
 Vice Chairman                                   Vice Chairman
 Armed Services Board                            Armed Services Board
 of Contract Appeals                             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. 63117, Appeal of Valiant
Integrated Services, LLC, rendered in conformance with the Board’s Charter.

      Dated: April 7, 2023

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

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