(a) When a contracting officer receives notice of appeal in any form, the contracting officer must do the following:
(1) Annotate the appeal with the date of mailing (or date of receipt, if otherwise conveyed).
(2) Within 10 days, forward the original notice of appeal and a copy of the contracting officer’s final decision letter to the OGC.
(3) Concurrently transmit copies of the notice of appeal and the final decision letter to the DAS for A&MM. (In cases of construction contracts administered by the Office of Construction and Facilities Management, copies of the appeal and the final decision letter need not be transmitted to the DAS for A&MM but instead should be sent to the Director, Office of Construction and Facilities Management.)
(b) Within 20 days of receipt of an appeal, or advice that an appeal has been filed, the contracting officer must assemble and transmit to the OGC, an appeal file consisting of all documents pertinent to the appeal, including all of the following:
(1) The decision and findings of fact that are being appealed.
(2) The contract, including specifications and pertinent amendments, plans and drawings.
(3) All correspondence between the parties pertinent to the appeal, including the letter or letters of claim in response to which the decision was issued.
(4) Transcripts of any testimony taken during the course of proceedings and affidavits or statements of any witnesses on the matter in dispute made prior to the filing of the notice of appeal.
(5) Any additional information considered pertinent.
