DISMISSED FOR LACK OF JURISDICTION: February 13, 2020
CBCA 6718
TERRY L. ODOM,
Appellant,
v.
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION,
Respondent.
Terry L. Odom, pro se, San Antonio, TX.
The case caption as the decision prints it. Every word is kept; the rule the Board draws around it is not text, so it is not repeated here.
Leigh Ann Bunetta, Office of Regional General Counsel, General Services Administration, Denver, CO, counsel for Respondent.
Before Board Judges BEARDSLEY, VERGILIO, and ZISCHKAU.
VERGILIO, Board Judge.
Terry L. Odom, the purchaser of a vehicle through an auction conducted by the General Services Administration (agency), filed this appeal seeking to cancel the purchase contract and to be reimbursed for various expenses. No underlying claim had been presented to a contracting officer; no sum certain had been identified. The prerequisites to Board jurisdiction are lacking. The Board has no authority to resolve the case presented, as there can be no Contract Disputes Act (CDA) litigation without a preceding CDA claim. 41 U.S.C. § 7103(a) (2018); James M. Ellett Construction Co. v. United States, 93 F.3d 1537, 1541-42 (Fed. Cir. 1996); 48 CFR 6101.2(a) (2019) (Rule 2(a)).
Decision
The case is DISMISSED FOR LACK OF JURISDICTION.
Joseph A. Vergilio
Board Judge
We concur:
Erica S. Beardsley
Board Judge
Jonathan D. Zischkau
Board Judge
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