Bell BCI Co. v. United States

OPINION AND ORDER

WHEELER, Judge.1

This case arises from the construction of a laboratory building at the National Institutes of Health (“NIH”) in Bethesda, Maryland. Approximately nine months into construction, NIH decided to add a new floor to the building. NIH issued more than 200 contract *619modifications that delayed the completion of the project by 19-1/2 months, and increased the contract price by $21.4 million, or 34 percent. The prime contractor, Bell BCI Company (“Bell”), has received payment for performing most of the changed work, but asserts an impact claim for the cumulative effect…