Legal Opinion
Triax Pacific, Inc. v. Togo D. West, Jr., Secretary of the Army
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided January 30, 1998No. 97-1067PublishedCited by 111 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRYSON, Circuit Judge.
Triax Pacific, Inc., appeals a decision of the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals denying its request for an equitable adjustment of a contract to renovate military housing. Because the contract contained ambiguities on its face sufficient to place a reasonable contractor on notice, we apply the “patent ambiguity” doctrine and uphold the decision of the Board of Contract Appeals.
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In 1990, the Army issued a bid solicitation to renovate 21 military housing units at Fort Shatter, Hawaii. The solicitation called for the construction of new lanais (covered, screened…
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