Court Opinion

ID: 9472693
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Date Created: 2023-08-05 04:07:38.311204+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:43:04.656279
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BALDWIN, Circuit Judge,
dissenting in part.
I agree with the majority’s decision to reverse the board’s grant of summary judgment as to the contract price modification P00002 which reflects interest on the amount due to ReCon for the period June 25, 1982 to September 15, 1982.
I dissent from the majority’s decision that ReCon is not entitled to interest for the period January 14, 1982 to June 24, 1982. For the same reasons which I stated in my dissents in Fidelity Construction Co. v. United States, 700 F.2d 1379, 1388 (Fed.Cir.), cert, denied, — U.S.—, 104 S.Ct. 97, 78 L.Ed.2d 103 (1983), and Essex Electro Engineers, Inc. v. United States, 702 F.2d 998, 1005 (Fed.Cir.1983), a contractor is entitled to the interest authorized by 41 U.S.C. § 611 (1982) from the date the contracting officer receives a claim pursuant to 41 U.S.C. § 605(a) until the date of payment — regardless of whether the claim is certified under section 605(c).
On January 14, 1982, ReCon submitted, as the Department of the Air Force requested, a Department of Defense Contract Pricing Proposal (DD Form 633). This submission constituted a claim within the meaning of section 605(a), entitling ReCon *42to interest pursuant to section 611 on amounts found due ReCon.
The inevitable result of the majority following Fidelity Construction’s statutory interpretation is that ReCon does not receive the interest it is justly due.