Needles ex rel. Needles v. United States

June 27, 1986, the defendant, acting by and through the United States Engineer Corps, U. S. Army, War Department, issued through certain officers at Honolulu, T. H., an invitation for bids accompanied by a standard printed contract form and detailed specifications prepared by defendant for the rental of tunnel shovels, to be operated by the contractor, and mine cars of a specified capacity, to be operated or trammed by defendant, together with associated equipment, such as tracks, etc., for use in connection with the project outlined in finding 1.

Plaintiff, James Garfield Needles, submitted a…