Article: Kerr Contractors challenges Corps' contract award

Heavy construction company Kerr Contractors Inc. announced today that it has challenged in federal court a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers decision that Kerr wasn't qualified for a project.

The Corps awarded the Tillamook Jetty contract to Kiewit Pacific after determining that Kerr's equipment wasn't suited for the job. Kerr disputes that determination and has filed an claim in the United States Court of Federal Claims, the court that handles bid protests for federal contracts.

Brent Kerr, Kerr Contractor's president, said in a statement that his company did three other jetty projects for the Corps, using special attachments to excavators on each. The company proposed ...

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