to the agency board of contract appeals, you may bring an action directly in the United States Court of Federal Claims within 12 months of the date you receive this decision. Pl.’s Resp. Ex. C at 3. Thus, the October 2005 decision unambiguously stated that it was the final decision of the contracting officer, and there is no reason to presume that the government did not mean what it said. Second, any subsequent negotiations or communications between the parties with respect to the settlement of the 442 contract did not affect the finality of the decision sent to plaintiff in October 2005. This court has held that the finality of a contracting officer’s final determination may be suspended in certain limited circumstances. See Arono, Inc. v. United States, 49 Fed.Cl. 544, 549-52 (2001) (<HOLDING>). The rule applied in Arono is inapplicable
holding that the finality of a contracting officers determination was suspended during his review of a request by the contractor to reconsider the final decision holding that the contracting officer effectively made a final decision on the government claim for set off by declining to pay the contractor the balance due on the contract holding the finality of a bia order is not affected by a subsequent motion to reconsider holding that jurisdiction over an appeal of a contracting officers decision is lacking unless the contractors claim is first presented to the contracting officer and that officer renders a final decision on the claim  holding that jurisdiction over an appeal of a contracting officers decision is lacking unless the contractors claim is first presented to the contracting officer and that officer renders a final decision on the claim