Cascade Designs, Inc.

Material Facts

• The contract was a Phase III Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Contract No. W911QY-17-D-0246 for individual water treatment devices awarded to Cascade on September 22, 2017.
• The contract included an Acceptable Reduction Deviation applicable to quality assurance procedures.
• The government issued a Cure Notice to Cascade, stating that its refusal to conduct a root cause analysis and provide a Failure Analysis and Corrective Action Report (FACAR) endangered performance of the contract.
• Cascade submitted a FACAR, which the government rejected as insufficient evidence of laboratory error.
• The government terminated the contract for default on October 22, 2019, citing Cascade's failure to perform.

Parties

Appellant

Cascade Designs, Inc.

Respondent Agency

Army Contracting Command

Contracting Agency

Aberdeen Proving Ground, Natick

Contract Number

W911QY-17-D-0246