Triple a Contractors, Inc. v. Rural Water District No. 4

This appeal is from a judgment denying equitable relief in the form of cancellation of a public construction bid and the discharge and release of the bid bond.

The only issue before us is whether the successful bidder for a public construction contract will be granted equitable relief by way of cancellation of the construction bid and the discharge and release of its bid bond because of a unilateral error in calculating costs.

On March 4, 1976, Rural Water District No. 4, Neosho County, Kansas, issued a notice to contractors that bids would be received for the construction of a water…