Beauchamp Construction Co. v. United States

OPINION

REGINALD W. GIBSON, Judge:

I. Introduction

On July 11, 1985, Beauchamp Construction Company, Inc. (Beauchamp or plaintiff) filed a complaint in this court challenging the contracting officer’s final decision which denied in part Beauchamp’s claim for an equitable adjustment of $55,818.45 under the Differing Site Condition clause of its contract with the Department of Justice, Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS or defendant). In this court, plaintiff now seeks $87,430.31 in damages for an allegeged 137-day delay in contract performance due solely to the defective specifications…