Welcome to The Bottom Line: Cost and Pricing Updates, a new series covering what contractors should know about recent cost and pricing disputes—without the long read!
For our inaugural post, we present:
Appeal of Gideon Contracting, LLC, ASBCA No. 63561 (May 12, 2025)
The Bottom Line: When the Government orders a suspension of work due to an “act of God,” it may still be on the hook for the resulting increased costs under the Suspension of Work clause if it proximately causes an unreasonable delay. Here, the Government proximately caused the delay at issue through its management of water drainage through a lake and dam, including through controlled releases of water, and the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals (“ASBCA” or “the Board”) found a portion of the delay to be unreasonable.
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