Vanhook Enters., Inc. v. Kay & Kay Contracting, LLC

OPINION OF THE COURT BY JUSTICE CUNNINGHAM

The United States Small Business Administration ("SBA") regulates the Historically Underutilized Business Zone ("HUBZone") Program. 15 U.S.C. § 657a. Through the HUBZone program, the SBA provides contracting assistance to small businesses seeking federal government contracts. To qualify as a HUBZone-eligible contractor, one must be a small business within an economically distressed area. Id.

In 2010, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers sought bids from HUBZone-eligible contractors to replace the Cumberland Bridge Street Bridge over the Poor Fork of the…