Diversified Maintenance Systems, Inc. v. United States

In the United States Court of Federal Claims No. 12-539 c (Fii@d April 26, 2013) DIVERSIFIED MAINTENANCE ) Motion to Dismiss for Lacl< of Subject- SYSTEMS,INC., )Matter Jurisdiction, RCFC 12(b)(1); Plaintiff, )Contract Disputes Act of 1978, 41 v. ) U.S.C. §§ 7101~7109; Burden ofProof )for Jurisdictional Facts Establishing THE UNITED STATES, ) Submission of Claim to Contracting Defendant. ) Officer. ORDER This matter comes before the court on defendant’ s Motion to Dismiss (ECF No. 6). Defendant contends this court lacks jurisdiction over plaintiff’ s Complaint (ECF No. 1) brought pursuant to the Contract Disputes Act (CDA), 41 U.S.C. § 7101 etseq. because plaintiff had not submitted a valid claim to the contracting officer (CO), a jurisdictional requisite to CDA litigation in this forum. Upon analysis, it is concluded that proof this jurisdictional requirement was satisfied is lacl