Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Do it Right or Not at All: Challenging the Accuracy of a Contract Performance Assessment Report
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, December 2020

The United States Court of Federal Claims recently dismissed multiple challenges to the accuracy of a Contract Performance Assessment Report (CPAR), not based on merit but based on jurisdiction. This serves as a reminder to all that the proper mechanism to challenge a CPAR must be obeyed for the claims to be heard. In Colonna’s Shipyard, Inc. v. United States, Colonna sought to challenge the accuracy of its CPAR from a previous Navy contract, the Narragansett Contract...