Santa Fe Engineers, Inc. v. United States

This case presents an interesting facet in a developing long line of cases involving the transition phase of the Contract Disputes Act of 1978 (act)1 and raises directly an issue of continuing importance to the administration of that act. The question to be decided is whether a contractor has inalterably elected to appeal a contracting officer’s final decision to the relevant board of contract appeals (board), instead of directly to this court, if the contractor files an appeal with the board after receiving a notice of appeal rights which informs the contractor that it can appeal to this…