Manpower Inc. of Tidewater v. United States

At issue here is whether the Government breached its contractual obligation, under the Disputes clause, to have its contracting officer render a timely decision, thus freeing the plaintiff-contractor to file suit in this court without exhausting its administrative remedies. In July 1971 plaintiff Manpower Inc. of Tidewater entered into a contract with the Navy to furnish complete segregation, identification, inventory, location and data processing services for material taken from the USS FORRESTAL and deposited in warehouses in the Norfolk/Portsmouth area. In the course of performance the…