HealtheState’s Contract Breach, Copyright Claims Denied by Court

HealtheState LLC’s claim that the Defense Health Agency breached a contract by misusing software must be denied because the company failed to satisfy the “sum certain” requirement in the Contract Disputes Act.

HealtheState alleged that the government and ASM Research breached a limited license granted to ASM—which was performing a government contract—by misusing proprietary source code for software that allows Army veterinarians to create and update treatment records.

But a valid contract claim must provide a clear and unequivocal statement that gives an agency contracting officer adequate notice of the basis and amount of a claim, the US Court of ...