THIS OPINION WAS INITIALLY ISSUED UNDER PROTECTIVE ORDER AND
IS BEING PUBLICLY RELEASED IN ITS ENTIRETY
ON AUGUST 12, 2026
GRANTED IN PART: July 22, 2026
CBCA 7965
CGS-ACE SECURITY LLC,
Appellant,
v.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE,
Respondent.
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.
Robert Nichols, Michael Bhargava, and Logan Kemp of Nichols Law, Washington, DC, counsel for Appellant.
Randal Wax, Office of the Legal Adviser, Buildings and Acquisitions, Department of State, Rosslyn, VA, counsel for Respondent.
Before Board Judges KULLBERG, ZISCHKAU, and KANG.
KANG, Board Judge.
Appellant, CGS-ACE Security LLC, appealed a final decision by a contracting officer of respondent, Department of State (DOS), regarding a contract to provide security services. In our recent decision, CGS-ACE Security LLC v. Department of State, CBCA 7965 (July 9, 2026), we granted in part DOS’s cross-motion for summary judgment and denied in part CGS-ACE Security LLC’s cross-motion for summary judgment with regard to payment of certain invoices. We also denied in part DOS’s cross-motion and granted in part CGS-ACE Security LLC’s cross-motion, finding that CGS-ACE Security LLC is entitled to the interest due on the payment of those invoices under the Prompt Payment Act (PPA), 31 U.S.C.
§§ 3101-3907 (2024).
Following the issuance of our decision on the cross-motions for summary judgment, the Board calculated the PPA interest owed to CGS-ACE Security LLC to be €2356. The parties jointly advised that they agree that the amount calculated by the Board is correct for purposes of issuing our decision here.
Decision
CGS-ACE Security LLC’s appeal is GRANTED IN PART. DOS shall pay CGS-ACE Security LLC €2356 for PPA interest, plus interest pursuant to the Contract Disputes Act, 41 U.S.C. § 7109, running from the date that the DOS contracting officer received the certified claim until payment.
Jonathan L. Kang
Board Judge
We concur:
H. Chuck Kullberg
Board Judge
Jonathan D. Zischkau
Board Judge
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