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The '''Postal Service Board of Contract Appeals''' ('''PSBCA''') is a neutral, independent tribunal with the authority to hear and decide any appeal from a decision of a contracting officer of the [[United States Postal Service]] (USPS) or the [[Postal Regulatory Commission]] related to a contract with either agency.<ref>{{usc|41|7105}};</ref><ref>{{uscfr|39|955.1}}</ref> The PSBCA is within the USPS Judicial Officer Department, with the Judicial Officer also serving as the PSBCA Chairman.<ref>[http://about.usps.com/who-we-are/judicial/welcome.htm Judicial Officer Department]</ref>  The PSBCA’s jurisdiction over contract disputes parallels that of the [[United States Court of Federal Claims]]<ref>{{usc|41|7104}}</ref> with the contractor generally having the option of filing an appeal with either the PSBCA or the court.<ref>{{usc|41|7103|7104}}</ref>

The PSBCA, including its predecessor, the Post Office Department Board of Contract Appeals (PODBCA), has been in existence since at least 1959.<ref>''See'', ''The Appeal of Charwill Contracting Corp''., PODBCA No. 1, 1959 WL 663</ref>  However, amendments to the Contract Disputes Act of 1978,<ref>{{usc|41|7101|7109}}</ref> effective in January 2007, expressly established a Postal Service Board of Contract Appeals and specified its jurisdiction.<ref>{{usc|41|7105}}</ref>

Decisions of the PSBCA since 1986 may generally be found at the USPS website.<ref>[http://about.usps.com/who-we-are/judicial/board-contract-appeals-decisions/welcome.htm PSBCA Decisions]</ref> Those decisions and earlier decisions of the PSBCA and PODBCA may be found at commercial legal research services, such as [[Westlaw]] and [[LexisNexis]].