Inbound, LLC v. Department of Forestry

LANDAU, J., pro tempore

Plaintiff entered into a contract with defendant, the Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF), to provide firefighters for one fire season, with the possibility of extensions. ODF later informed plaintiff that it would not extend the contract to another season, however, based on the fact that plaintiffs rate exceeded a previously undisclosed “price cap” for the firefighting work. Plaintiff initiated this action for breach of contract and for judicial review, contending that, among other things, ODF violated public contracting law in failing to disclose the existence of a…