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• Title: Jones & Artis Construction Company v.
• Author : District of Columbia Court of Appeals.
• Release Date : January 25, 1988
• Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
• Pages : * pages
• Size : 74 KB

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Concurring opinion by Associate Judge ROGERS FERREN, Associate Judge: In this government contract case, the District of Columbia
Department of Administrative Services (DAS) cancelled an invitation for bids on a contract to haul sludge for the Department
of Public Works at the Blue Plains sewage treatment plant. Jones & Artis Construction Company, which had submitted a
bid, "appealed" this cancellation to the District of Columbia Contract Appeals Board. The Board dismissed on the ground that
Jones & Artis actually had filed a "protest," not an "appeal," and thus had filed too late--after the 10-day statutory
period--to invoke the Board's jurisdiction. Jones & Artis seeks review of that dismissal. We agree with the Board that Jones & Artis filed a "protest," but we cannot affirm on the ground of untimeliness. Rather,
we must dismiss for lack of our own jurisdiction. Although the applicable statute does provide for this court's direct review
of a "Board decision," our jurisdiction has been limited by Congress, save for exceptions inapplicable here, to review of
"contested cases." Because Jones & Artis' protest did not create a contested case before the Board, we must dismiss the
appeal. Interestingly, however, had Jones & Artis filed an "appeal" with the Board, as it contends it did, that might
have presented a contested case that ultimately was reviewable by this court. Accordingly, in order to resolve our own jurisdiction
here, we have had to determine whether an "appeal" or a "protest" to the Board is at issue--a determination that, for all
practical purposes, resolves the merits.

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