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Derian, Inc., a construction contractor, finds itself entangled in an ongoing dispute with the government over their contract with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE).
To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: If a dispute arises on a federal contract, the Contract Disputes Act requires a contractor to submit a written demand seeking as a matter of right a “sum certain” to the contracting officer as part of the claims process. What exactly is a “sum certain”? It is what it sounds like—contractors must provide an exact dollar amount of the overall damages they are claiming in their CDA claims. In other words, whatever damages the contractor is claiming cannot be qualified in any way. Contractors should never use the words “at ...