CBCA 8389
Board: CBCA
Agency: Department of Agriculture
Appellant: RedOrange LLC
Date: 2026-05-04
Outcome: settled
DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE: May 4, 2026
CBCA 8389
REDORANGE LLC,
Appellant,
v.
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE,
Respondent.
Jon A. Thielen of Company Counsel LLC, Bala Cynwyd, PA, counsel for Appellant.
Tyler Ellis, Office of the General Counsel, Department of Agriculture, Washington,
DC, counsel for Respondent.
GOODMAN, Board Judge.
ORDER
On March 20, 2025, RedOrange LLC filed an appeal of a final decision by a
contracting officer of the Department of Agriculture, which was docketed by the Board as
CBCA 8389. On December 4, 2025, the parties jointly requested that the appeal be resolved
through binding arbitration.
The parties each filed supplements to the record, position papers, replies, and
affidavits or statements from witnesses. On April 21, 2026, the arbitrator held a conference
with the parties, during which each party confirmed that the appeal would be resolved
through binding arbitration, that each party would be bound by the judgment issued by the
arbitrator, and that the judgment would not be appealable.
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On April 30, 2026, the arbitrator held another conference with the parties and
presented an oral explanation of the binding resolution of the appeal, confirmed in the
arbitrator’s memorandum dated April 30, 2026. The arbitrator issued a binding,
unappealable arbitration decision, and no issues remain to be resolved.
The appeal is DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE.
Allan H. Goodman
ALLAN H. GOODMAN
Board Judge