On November 1, 2022, the Armed Services Board of Contract
Appeals (ASBCA) published its
FY 2022 Report of Transactions and Proceedings, which provides
statistics regarding the adjudication of appeals between
contractors and the Army, Navy, Air Force, Corps of Engineers,
Central Intelligence Agency, National Aeronautics and Space
Administration, Defense Logistics Agency, Defense Contract
Management Agency, and other Defense agencies, Non-Appropriated
Fund Instrumentalities, and the Washington Metropolitan Area
Transit Authority.
According to this year's report, contractors prevailed in
71% of the appeals decided on the merits, up from a steady 53% in
both 2020 and 2021. The Report also indicates that, as usual, the
Board had a high success rate in resolving matters via alternative
dispute resolution (ADR). Of the cases that went through
non-binding ADR, 97% were resolved successfully—including
mediation, arbitration, and ADR of undocketed appeals. The uptick
in