CBCA 5760
Board: CBCA
Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs
Appellant: SFM Constructors, Inc.
Date: 2017-07-05
Outcome: granted
GRANTED IN PART: November 27, 2017
CBCA 5760
SFM CONSTRUCTORS, INC.,
Appellant,
v.
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS,
Respondent.
Colin K. McCarthy of Lanak & Hanna, PC, Orange CA, counsel for Appellant.
David G. Fagan, Office of General Counsel, Department of Veterans Affairs,
Portland, OR, counsel for Respondent.
Before Board Judges SOMERS, SULLIVAN, and O’ROURKE.
SOMERS, Board Judge.
On November 21, 2017, the parties submitted to the Board a joint motion for
judgment on stipuated settlement. The parties requested that the Board enter judgment in the
amount of $225,000, with payment to be made through the judgment fund in accordance with
31 U.S.C. § 1304 (2012) and 41 U.S.C. § 7108. See Rule 25(b) (48 CFR 6101.25(b) (2016)).
The parties have agreed that they will not seek appeal of, reconsideration of, or relief from
the Board’s decision, and that each party will be responsible for its costs, attorney fees, and
expenses incurred in the litigation of this appeal. Additionally, the parties have stipulated,
in accordance with the Contract Disputes Act (CDA), 41 U.S.C. §§ 7101-7109, that interest
on the amount of $225,000 will being to accrue on the thirty-first day after the date of this
decision is payment has not been received.
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Decision
The Board GRANTS IN PART the appeal. In accordance with the parties’ joint
motion, the Board awards appellant SFM Constructors, Inc., the stipulated settlement amount
of $225,000, with CDA interest beginning to accrue on that amount on the thirty-first day
after the date of this decision if payment is not received by that date. Rule 25(b).
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JERI K. SOMERS
Board Judge
We concur:
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MARIAN E. SULLIVAN KATHLEEN J. O’ROURKE
Board Judge Board Judge