M/A-COMM Files Claim Over Contract Termination

Radio manufacturer M/A-COMM has fired the next shot in a long battle between the company and the state of New York over a contract to build a statewide public safety radio network. In mid-February the company filed a claim with the state’s Court of Claims asking them to reverse the state’s termination of a $2 billion contract to based on non-compliance. M/A-COMM was awarded the contract in 2004, and the company began installing test sites in two counties. However, once both sites were operational, the state and M/A-COMM disagreed over whether the performance of the radio systems met the state’s contract terms. Final testing occurred last summer, the state said the system failed, and issued M/A-COMM a default letter. Then in Jan. 2009 the state terminated the entire contract. Read more about the background and M/A-COMM’s claim here.