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P00578 1 (2012-05-08)

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JAMES A. SPANGENBERG
Chairman


GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE
     CONTRACT APPEALS BOARD


DAVID A. ASHEN
  Vice Chairman


441 G Street, NW . Rm, 7182 . Washington, DC 20548
       (202) 512-3342 . cab@gao.gov


                                           )
DATA INTEGRATORS, INC.,                    )
      Appellant,                           )
                                           )
v.
                                           )
U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE,  )
      Respondent.                           )
                                           .)


Appearance for the Appellant:


Appearance for the Respondent:



Board Members:


CAB No. 2010-2


Cynthia Malyszek, Esq.
Malyszek & Malyszek

Julie K. Cannatti, Esq.
Roy Potter, Esq.
U.S. Government Printing Office

Sharon L. Larkin (Presiding)
James A. Spangenberg
Scott H. Riback


                                   DECISION

Data Integrators, Inc. (DI) appeals the final decision of the contracting officer to
terminate for default Dl's printing contract with the U.S. Government Printing Office
(GPO) under Program 96-S, Purchase Order 95795, and deny Dl's claim for equitable
adjustment. The contract was terminated for default because DI was unable to
complete a preproduction test within the allotted time after two attempts. DI asserts that
the termination for default was unreasonable, requests that the termination be
converted to a termination for convenience, and seeks damages and costs.

This appeal has been fully developed. Yhe parties have engaged in discovery,
supplemented the Rule 4 file on muitiple occasins, presented evidenoe at trial, and
fully briefed their respective arguments. The Board has carefully considered all of the
evidence and argument before it and finds in favor of GPO For the reasons stated
below, the Board upho ds the termination for default ad denies Dls appeal.

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