58866

Avant Assessment, LLC

September 28, 2016Judge McIlmail
Sustained / Appellant PrevailedContract InterpretationTermination for Default

Avant Assessment, LLC appealed the government's termination of its contract for cause, which the Board ultimately sustained, converting the termination to one for convenience.

Material Facts

  • On 16 September 2011, Avant and the Department of the Army entered into the contract for the development and delivery of 1,300 foreign-language test items.
  • On 28 September 2012, the parties executed Modification No. P00003, which provided that any items not accepted by the Government shall automatically be descoped from the contract.
  • On 26 June 2013, the government terminated the contract for cause for failure to provide the contracted number of acceptable items.

Parties

Appellant
Avant Assessment, LLC
Respondent Agency
Department of the Army
Contract Number
W9124N-11-C-0033
Open Official Decision PDF (asbca.mil)AI-analyzed, grounded in the decision text. Verify against the official PDF before relying on it.

Full Legal Analysis

Create a free account to read the complete grounded legal brief for this decision, including the holding, every issue the Board decided, quantum, verified citations, and the case's citation graph.

Holding & Legal Reasoning

The Board's holding, background, and procedural posture for this decision.

Issues Presented

Every issue the Board decided, with its determination, reasoning, and supporting authority.

Quantum & Recovery

The claimed, awarded, and net dollar amounts at issue, itemized where the record supports it.

Verified Authorities & Citations

Every cited FAR, DFARS, CAS, and case-law authority, cross-checked against the source text.

Practitioner Takeaways

Practical guidance for contractors and counsel, distilled from the Board's ruling.

Similar Cases

Related decisions surfaced by semantic search across the full analyzed corpus.

Citation Graph

An interactive graph of this case's cited authorities, judge, agency, and related decisions.

Related Decisions

Same Judge

Same Year

Same Issue

Newsletter

New decisions every Monday

GovConDash Weekly lists the decisions GAO, the boards, the courts and SBA OHA released that week, alongside the FAR Overhaul deviations and proposed rules that reach every contractor. Free.

Free, weekly, and one click to unsubscribe. We send a confirmation email first. See our Privacy Policy.