Raytheon Co. v. United States

ORDER AND OPINION

HODGES, Judge.

We ruled in this case that a contracting officer’s final decision was barred by the statute of limitations where it was issued more than six years after the Government’s claim accrued in 1999. See Raytheon Co. v. United States, 104 Fed.Cl. 327 (2012). Defendant filed a motion for reconsideration, contending that a statute of limitations does not begin to run against the United States until a right granted by FAR to audit plaintiffs claim is completed, citing 48 C.F.R. § 31.201-2.1

Reconsideration is appropriate only in “extraordinary circumstances.” Fru-Con…