RLB Contracting, Inc.

Material Facts

• RLB Contracting was awarded a contract to enlarge a levee using borrow material from an adjacent ditch.
• The Corps ordered a realignment of the drainage ditch, which reduced the quantity of borrow material available.
• RLB filed a request for equitable adjustment (REA) due to increased costs resulting from the realignment.
• The government conducted a DCAA audit of RLB's REA, which found adequate cost and pricing data but questioned some claimed indirect expenses.
• The Board found that RLB incurred actual costs of $3,307,339.75 for the embankment work.

Parties

Appellant

RLB Contracting, Inc.

Respondent Agency

U.S. Army Engineer District, New Orleans

Contract Number

W912P8-07-C-0102