41 U.S.C. § 608 : US Code - Section 608: Small claims

Search 41 U.S.C. § 608 : US Code - Section 608: Small claims

(a) Accelerated disposition of appeals
The rules of each agency board shall include a procedure for the
expedited disposition of any appeal from a decision of a
contracting officer where the amount in dispute is $50,000 or less.
The small claims procedure shall be applicable at the sole election
of the contractor.
(b) Simplified rules of procedure
The small claims procedure shall provide for simplified rules of
procedure to facilitate the decision of any appeal thereunder. Such
appeals may be decided by a single member of the agency board with
such concurrences as may be provided by rule or regulation.
(c) Time of decision
Appeals under the small claims procedure shall be resolved,
whenever possible, within one hundred twenty days from the date on
which the contractor elects to utilize such procedure.
(d) Finality of decision
A decision against the Government or the contractor reached under
the small claims procedure shall be final and conclusive and shall
not be set aside except in cases of fraud.
(e) Effect of decision
Administrative determinations and final decisions under this
section shall have no value as precedent for future cases under
this chapter.
(f) Review of requisite amount in controversy
The Administrator is authorized to review at least every three
years, beginning with the third year after November 1, 1978, the
dollar amount defined in subsection (a) of this section as a small
claim, and based upon economic indexes selected by the
Administrator adjust that level accordingly.