Harry Pepper and Associates, Inc.

Material Facts

• NASA awarded HPA an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity construction contract on August 3, 2012.
• HPA was awarded a task order on January 9, 2014, for the B2 Test Stand Restoration in the amount of $36,577,459.
• HPA performed an earlier contract on the B2 test stand and had access to the site for 15 months prior to the award of Work Package 3.
• HPA filed appeals on behalf of its subcontractor, Quality Iron Fabricators, Inc., and its sub-subcontractor, River City Erectors, LLC.
• The contract required HPA to weld structural steel shapes to the existing steel plates to reinforce the battleship.
• HPA submitted multiple requests for equitable adjustments (REAs) due to various construction challenges.
• NASA's contracting officer issued a final decision on March 27, 2019, denying HPA's claims beyond those paid in Modification No. 44.

Parties

Appellant

Harry Pepper and Associates, Inc.

Respondent Agency

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Contracting Agency

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Contract Number

Contract No. NNS14AA30T