Covington v. UNITED STATES, BY THROUGH DEPARTMENT OF AIR FORCE

KEADY, Chief Judge.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

On December 17, 1965, the United States Air Force began soliciting bids for the construction of a Child Care Center at Columbus Air Force Base in Lowndes County, Mississippi. Plaintiffs’ preliminary bid was accepted on the condition that certain changes in the technical proposals therein contained would be made. Plaintiffs, engaged in construction business at Aberdeen, Mississippi, then hired engineers-architects to make the necessary revisions and refiled the bid for final acceptance. On October 7, 1966, the Air Force rejected this bid, which was for…