{"id":827,"date":"2026-01-30T03:06:46","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T08:06:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2malyszek.com\/?page_id=827"},"modified":"2026-01-30T03:08:23","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T08:08:23","slug":"claims-awareness","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/2malyszek.com\/law-litigation\/request-equitable-adjustments-rea\/claims-awareness\/","title":{"rendered":"Claims Awareness"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kadence-column827_06d888-f8 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column827_06d888-f8 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column827_06d888-f8 > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column827_06d888-f8 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column827_06d888-f8 > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column827_06d888-f8 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column827_06d888-f8{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column827_06d888-f8 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column827_06d888-f8 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column827_06d888-f8\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><style>.kb-row-layout-id827_cfd5cb-96 > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id827_cfd5cb-96 > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}.kb-row-layout-id827_cfd5cb-96 > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}.kb-row-layout-id827_cfd5cb-96 > .kt-row-layout-overlay{opacity:0.30;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kb-row-layout-id827_cfd5cb-96 > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kb-row-layout-id827_cfd5cb-96 > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}}<\/style><div class=\"kb-row-layout-wrap kb-row-layout-id827_cfd5cb-96 alignnone wp-block-kadence-rowlayout\"><div class=\"kt-row-column-wrap kt-has-1-columns kt-row-layout-equal kt-tab-layout-inherit kt-mobile-layout-row kt-row-valign-top\">\n<style>.kadence-column827_65eca0-3a > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column827_65eca0-3a > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column827_65eca0-3a > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column827_65eca0-3a > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column827_65eca0-3a > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column827_65eca0-3a > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column827_65eca0-3a{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column827_65eca0-3a > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column827_65eca0-3a > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column827_65eca0-3a\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading827_6b4ff5-32, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading827_6b4ff5-32[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading827_6b4ff5-32\"]{font-size:var(--global-kb-font-size-lg, 2rem);font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading827_6b4ff5-32 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading827_6b4ff5-32[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading827_6b4ff5-32\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading827_6b4ff5-32 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading827_6b4ff5-32[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading827_6b4ff5-32\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<h1 class=\"kt-adv-heading827_6b4ff5-32 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading827_6b4ff5-32\">Claims Awareness<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>With more than four decades of experience in government contracting, the attorneys at Malyszek &amp; Malyszek can help you navigate through the many procedures of dealing with claims.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Requests for Equitable Adjustment (REA) and Claims are similar by definition. However, the purposes for filing either a REA or a Claim are very different. It is important for a contractor to know the differences in order to understand which may be used in any situation.&nbsp;<em>Some of the differences between a REA and a Claim are:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 Consultant fees, attorney fees, profit, and overhead are recoverable under a REA whereas they are not recoverable under a Claim.<br>\u2022 A REA must be certified if it is submitted to the Department of Defense, regardless of the dollar amount submitted. A Claim however, must be certified if the claim amount exceeds $100,000 and must additionally include specific wording and a signature by an authorized company official.<br>\u2022 A REA is considered collaboration between a Government Contracting Officer and a contractor attempting to resolve an issue; a Claim however, is a formal dispute which may lead to litigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A Claim is a written demand or written assertion by one of the contracting parties seeking the payment of money in a certain sum, the adjustment or interpretation of contract terms, or other relief arising under the contract. However, a written demand or written assertion by the contractor seeking the payment of money exceeding $100,000 is not a Claim under the Contract Disputes Act of 1978 until certified by the Act. (See FAR \u00a7 2.101).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Claims can be resolved over a telephone call or a short meeting and we prefer a non-adversarial approach with emphasis on collective communication with contracting officers who may not know the facts, as well as early and reasonable settlement, negotiation and alternative dispute resolution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A Request for Equitable Adjustment (REA), on the other hand, allows a contractor to recover costs associated with any suspensions of work or terminations for convenience or other constructive changes by the owner of a project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We assist our clients with analyses of their performance and develop legal theories of recovery, including constructive claims for government-required services performed outside the statement of work. When the government customer proves stubborn or unreasonable, we don\u2019t hesitate to resort to litigation. Call Malyszek &amp; Malyszek today to speak to one of our professional lawyers.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Claims Awareness With more than four decades of experience in government contracting, the attorneys at Malyszek &amp; Malyszek can help you navigate through the many procedures of dealing with claims&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":816,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"right","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"sidebar-primary","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"wf_page_folders":[],"class_list":["post-827","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"taxonomy_info":[],"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"saqib@smartz.com","author_link":"https:\/\/2malyszek.com\/author\/saqibsmartz-com\/"},"comment_info":0,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/2malyszek.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/827","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/2malyszek.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/2malyszek.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2malyszek.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2malyszek.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=827"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/2malyszek.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/827\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":830,"href":"https:\/\/2malyszek.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/827\/revisions\/830"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2malyszek.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/2malyszek.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"wf_page_folders","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2malyszek.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wf_page_folders?post=827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}