CBCA 3506
Board: CBCA
Agency: DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Appellant: First Kuwaiti Trading & Contracting, W.L.L.
Date: 2018-12-03
Outcome: granted
GRANTED IN PART: April 1, 2019
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FIRST KUWAITI TRADING & CONTRACTING W.L.L.,
Appellant,
v.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE,
Respondent.
Grant H. Willis, Ryan P. McGovern, Alexander M. Yabroff, and Robin A. Overby of
Jones Day, Washington, DC; and Peter F. Garvin, III, Washington DC, counsel for
Appellant.
Thomas D. Dinackus, John C. Sawyer, and Erin M. Kriynovich, Office of the Legal
Adviser, Buildings and Acquisitions, Department of State, Washington, DC, counsel for
Respondent.
Before Board Judges HYATT, DRUMMOND, and SULLIVAN.
SULLIVAN, Board Judge.
On March 28, 2019, the parties submitted to the Board a joint motion for judgment
on a stipulated settlement. The parties requested that the Board enter judgment in the
amount of $62,500,000, with payment to be made through the permanent indefinite
judgment fund in accordance with 31 U.S.C. § 1304 (2012). The amount includes all the
interest to which appellant is entitled under the Contract Disputes Act. 41 U.S.C. § 7109.
The parties have agreed that they will not seek appeal of, reconsideration of, or relief from
the Boardâs decision.
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Decision
The Board GRANTS IN PART these appeals. In accordance with the partiesâ joint
motion, the Board awards appellant, First Kuwaiti Trading & Contracting W.L.L., the
stipulated judgment amount of $62,500,000.
Marian E. Sullivan
MARIAN E. SULLIVAN
Board Judge
We concur:
Catherine B. Hyatt Jerome M. Drummond
CATHERINE B. HYATT JEROME M. DRUMMOND
Board Judge Board Judge