Metcalf Construction Co. v. United States

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

BRADEN, Judge.

Metcalf Construction Co., Inc. (“Metcalf’) was a successful contractor in the private sector when it commenced performance on its first federal housing contract on December 31, 2002. Metcalf, however, did not appreciate that, although this was a “design-build housing project,” the United States Department of the Navy (“the Navy”) would *337require strict adherence to contractual requirements, instead of deferring to Metcalfs private sector expertise.

The reasons why this housing project required thirty-two contract modifications, extending the initial…