Kuney v. United States

The plaintiff claims additional compensation for the time his rock crusher was idle while waiting on the defendant’s trucks to remove the stone that had been crushed.

*519On April 3,1936, the Procurement Division of the Treasury Department advertised for bids for the furnishing of a rock-crushing plant of not less than 40 cubic yards capacity per hour, with 3-bin, 100-yard bunkers. Bids on two bases were required, one on an hourly basis, the other on a cubic-yard ■basis. Invitation for bids provided, in part:

This bid is solicited in advance of allocated funds. Awards will not be made until funds…