Board of Contract Appeals
                 General Services Administration
                      Washington, D.C. 20405
                                        

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       DISMISSED FOR LACK OF JURISDICTION:  June 17, 2002
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                          GSBCA 15780
                                
                                
              FENTRESS BRADBURN ARCHITECTS, LTD., 
     f/k/a C.W. FENTRESS J.H. BRADBURN AND ASSOCIATES, P.C.,

                                                       Appellant,
               
                                v.

                 GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION,

                                                       Respondent.

     G. Henry Seaks of Wells Love & Scoby, LLC, Boulder, CO; and David E.
Leavenworth of Hall & Evans, LLC, Denver, CO, counsel for Appellant.

     Dalton F. Phillips and David M. Smith, Office of General Counsel, General Services
Administration, Washington, DC, counsel for Respondent.

Before Board Judges HYATT, WILLIAMS, and GOODMAN.

GOODMAN, Board Judge.            

     Appellant, Fentress Bradburn Architects Ltd., submitted a claim to the contracting
officer by letter dated November 30, 2001, in the amount of  $1,200,000.  By notice of appeal
dated February 20, 2002, appellant appealed the contracting officer's deemed denial of the
claim, and this appeal was docketed as GSBCA 15780.  On March 26, 2002, appellant filed
its complaint.  

     On April 25, 2002, respondent filed a motion to dismiss the appeal, on the ground that
the claim exceeded $100,000, and appellant failed to certify the claim as required by the
Contract Disputes Act, 41 U.S.C.   601-613 (1997), and therefore the Board lacked
jurisdiction. On April 30, 2002, appellant resubmitted its claim, including a certification, and
the contracting officer issued a final, appealable decision by letter dated May 22, 2002. 

     Respondent correctly asserts that the appeal of the uncertified claim should be
dismissed for lack of jurisdiction.  In TMD USA, Inc. v. GSA, GSBCA 15363, 00-2 BCA 
 31,031, the Board dismissed an uncertified claim for lack of jurisdiction and stated:

     In the event that appellant submits a proper certification to the contracting
     officer, and the contracting officer issues a decision on the claim . . . ,
     appellant may timely appeal that decision to us.  The appeal would be docketed
     separately from this case. 

00-2 BCA at 153,249.

                            Decision

     Accordingly, GSBCA 15780 is DISMISSED FOR LACK OF JURISDICTION,
and concurrently with this dismissal, we docket the appeal of the contracting officer's denial
of the certified claim as GSBCA 15898. The hearing in GSBCA 15780 previously scheduled
to commence on June 18, 2002, will be deemed to be a hearing in GSBCA 15898.



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                                   ALLAN H. GOODMAN
                                   Board Judge

We concur:



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CATHERINE B. HYATT                 MARY ELLEN COSTER WILLIAMS
Board Judge                             Board Judge