B.D. Holt Co. v. OCE, Inc.

OPINION

RICKHOFF, Justice.

This case turns on what constitutes the defense of remediable mistake in the supplier-subcontractor context.

B.D. Holt Co.’s bid for a unique back-up generator set was used by OCE in figuring its bid for the electrical subcontracting work on a building at the University of Texas. Holt’s bid contained what it characterizes as a typographical error; as a result, its offer to supply the generator motor was $100,000 short. After OCE’s bid was submitted to Spaw Glass Contractors and other general contractors, but just before it was selected as the winning bid, Holt…