§ 24.4 - Jurisdiction.

(a) Contract Disputes Act. Pursuant to the Contract Disputes Act of 1978 (41 U.S.C. 601-613), the Board shall consider and determine appeals from decisions of contracting officers relating to contracts entered into on or after March 1, 1979, and, at the contractor's election, contracts entered into prior to March 1, 1979, with respect to claims pending before the contracting officer on March 1, 1979, or initiated thereafter. For purposes of this paragraph (a) the term “contracts” shall mean express or implied contracts made by the Department of Agriculture, agencies of the Department, or by any other executive agency when such agency or the Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy has designated the Board to decide the appeal, for:

(1) The procurement of property, other than real property in being;

(2) The procurement of services;

(3) The procurement of construction, alternation, repair, or maintenance of real property; or

(4) The disposal of personal property.

(b) Federal Crop Insurance Corporation. The Board shall have jurisdiction of appeals of final administrative determinations of the Corporation pertaining to standard reinsurance agreements under 7 CFR 400.169(d). Decisions of the Board shall be final within the Corporation and the Department.

(c) Suspension and debarment. (1) The Board shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine the issue of suspension or debarment, and the period thereof, on an appeal by a person suspended or debarred by:

(i) An authorized official of the Department of Agriculture under 48 CFR 409.470; or

(ii) An authorized official of the Commodity Credit Corporation under 7 CFR part 1407.

(2) In addition, the Board shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine the issue of debarment, and the period thereof, on an appeal by a timber purchaser debarred by an authorized official of the Forest Service under 36 CFR 223.138.

(3) Decisions of the Board shall be final within the Department.

(d) Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act. The Board shall have jurisdiction to act for the head of the agency in appeals of the administrative determinations of liquidated damages under the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act (40 U.S.C. 327-333), 40 U.S.C. 330.