ASBCA Quarterly Insights and Analysis, 2026 Q2, Contractor Edition
Seventy-six Board decisions read through the contested-versus-negotiated lens: what a litigated appeal actually returned in a quarter where most relief was negotiated.
Also available as the Government Edition, the same quarter read from the other side of the table.
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About this report
The quarter with the highest decision volume in two years, and the one where the headline number is most misleading. Contractors took relief in 27 of 32 appeals decided on the merits, but 17 of those were consent, alternative dispute resolution, or stipulated judgments rather than contested wins. The report separates the two throughout, walks the funnel from filed appeal to contested win, reports recovery on matched pairs only, and names the five adjudicated procedural dismissals that cost more in claimed dollars than every contested award combined.
What it gives you
- Contested merits relief rate set against the merits and all-in rates
- The appeal funnel from filed to contested win, with the negotiated share named
- Per-issue win rates showing which claim types converted and which went nought-for
- Matched-pair recovery with its currency and sample-size caveats stated
- The adjudicated procedural dismissals and the four failure modes behind them
- Full case appendix covering every decision in the quarter
What is inside
Section by section.
- 01Key takeaways and executive summary
- 02Key performance indicators with sequential and year-over-year comparatives
- 03The appeal funnel from filed appeals to contested wins
- 04Outcome landscape, contested wins separated from negotiated judgments
- 05Issue frequency and per-issue merits relief rates
- 06Procedural and jurisdictional watch, with every adjudicated dismissal named
- 07Judge and forum dynamics
- 08Quantum and matched-pair recovery
- 09Contract vehicles and awarding agencies
- 10Notable decision deep dives
- 11The eight-quarter trend
- 12Strategic implications and watch list
- 13Case appendix listing every decision analyzed
Who it is for
Government contract counsel, claims and REA leads, contracts directors, and anyone deciding whether to appeal a contracting officer's final decision.
What you receive
- PDF report, 21 pagesGCD-RR-ASBCA-2026Q2-CTR
- Excel data workbook, 11 worksheetsGCD-RR-ASBCA-2026Q2-CTRCoverKPIsTrendDistributionsRates by issueOutcome cross-tabsFunnelAuthoritiesQuantumQuantum (government view)Cases
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Edition
- Period covered
- 2026 Q2
- Published
- July 24, 2026
- Catalog number
- GCD-RR-ASBCA-2026Q2-CTR
Sources and limits
Built from the full text of every ASBCA decision issued in the quarter, analyzed and verified against the source documents. Not legal advice.