Trataros Construction, Inc. v. United States

Type

Opinion of the Court

Per curiam

Yes — no individual author

Filed

Aug. 21, 2002

Case

Trataros Construction, Inc. v. United States

Case status

Decided

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PER CURIAM. Trataros Construction, Inc. (“Trataros”) won a contract to modernize Bachelor Quarters at the United States Naval Submarine Base, New London, in Groton, Connecticut. Some time later, a Department of Labor investigation revealed that Trataros was not paying its workers the appropriate wage rate under the contract. In response, Trataros sought an upward price adjustment to the contract, which the contracting officer denied. Trataros then sued in the United States Court of Federal Claims, alleging that it was entitled to an equitable adjustment to the contract of approximately $1.6 million to cover the increased wages paid, in its view, under inapplicable wage rates. The Court of Federal Claims dismissed the challenge, *11 reasoning that it lacked jurisdiction to alter the Secretary of Labor’s wage rate decision and, as a result, no equitable adjustment was proper. Trataros appeals. We affirm. DISCUSSION This is a straightforward case. The contracting officer for the Navy issued a solicitation for bids for the Bachelor Quarters contract on August 8, 1994. The project was classified as a residential construction project by Department of Labor General Decision No. CT940011; …

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