Board of Contract Appeals
                    General Services Administration
                         Washington, D.C. 20405
 
 
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           DISMISSED FOR LACK OF JURISDICTION:  July 15, 1998
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                              GSBCA 14488
 
 
                        TGMI/CONTRACTORS, INC.,
 
                                                Appellant,
 
                                   v.
 
                    GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION,
 
                                                Respondent.
 
        Joseph  C.  Kovars   of  Ober,  Kaler,  Grimes   &  Shriver,
   Baltimore, MD, counsel for Appellant.
 
        Robert  J.  McCall,  Office  of  Regional  Counsel,  General
   Services   Administration,   Philadelphia,    PA,   counsel   for
   Respondent.
 
   Before Board Judges HYATT, DeGRAFF, and GOODMAN.
 
   GOODMAN, Board Judge.
 
        By  notice  of  appeal dated  February  5,  1998, appellant,
   TGMI/Contractors, appealed a decision of the  contracting officer
   dated November 20, 1997.  The claim  which was the subject of the
   decision concerned curtain  wall delay and impact  arising during
   the construction  of the  East High-Rise  and Low-Rise  Building,
   Social Security Administration, in Woodlawn, Maryland.  The claim
   was in excess of  $100,000 and was not certified pursuant  to the
   Contract  Disputes Act  of  1978  (CDA), 41  U.S.C.       601-613
   (1997).  As  discussed below, the Board dismisses  the appeal sua
   sponte.
 
        Before the contracting  officer can  issue a  decision on  a
   contractor claim of more than $100,000, the CDA requires that the
   contractor certify  the claim.  41 U.S.C.    605(c)(1) (1997).  A
   contracting officer's decision on an uncertified contractor claim
   which  exceeds  $100,000 is  a  nullity  and boards  of  contract
   appeals do not have jurisdiction  to hear appeals of  contracting
   officer's  decisions  on  uncertified  claims.  See,  e.g.,  W.M.
   Schlosser Co. v. United States, 705 F.2d 1336, 1338-39 (Fed. Cir.
   1983);   Herman B.  Taylor Construction  Co. v.  General Services
   Administration, GSBCA 12915, 95-1 BCA   27,406.
 
 
        Accordingly, the  contracting officer s decision,  which was
   designated as  a final  decision and from  which this  appeal was
   taken, is a  nullity.  Accordingly, the  Board lacks jurisdiction
   in  this  instance,  and  we  dismiss  the  appeal  for  lack  of
   jurisdiction.
 
         The parties have  advised the Board that  a certified claim
   is  now  being considered  by  the  contracting  officer.   If  a
   contracting officer s  final decision  is issued  with regard  to
   that claim, an appeal of that decision will be docketed as  a new
   appeal,  and not  be considered  a reinstatement  of  the instant
   appeal. 
 
                                Decision
 
        The appeal is DISMISSED FOR LACK OF JURISDICTION.
 
 
 
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                                      ALLAN H. GOODMAN
                                      Board Judge
 
   We concur:
 
 
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   CATHERINE B. HYATT                 MARTHA H. DeGRAFF
   Board Judge                             Board Judge