Refine Construction Co. v. United States

OPINION

MOODY R. TIDWELL, III, Judge:

This case is before the court on cross-motions for summary judgment pursuant to the authority vested in this court by 41 U.S.C. § 609(a)(1) and 28 U.S.C. § 1491(a)(1). Plaintiff seeks to recover costs incurred in its unsuccessful attempt to negotiate a contract with the United States.

FACTS

In 1982 the Small Business Administration (SBA) identified plaintiff as an 8(a) minority small business contractor pursuant to 15 U.S.C. 637(a) to construct a consolidated laundry facility at the Veterans Administration’s Extended Care Center in St. Albans, New York and…