Allied Contractors, Inc. v. The United States

WHITAKER, Judge.

Plaintiff’s petition alleges that it made a mistake in its bid for the construction of the Protective Equipment Laboratory at the Army Chemical Center at Edge-wood, Maryland, and that this mistake was known to the contracting officer. Accordingly, it asks us to reform the contract so as to increase its bid of $20,000 on item 2 of the contract to $55,042.00, which it says is the amount it should have bid and would have bid except for the mistake.

Plaintiff is represented by one of the most-respected members of the bar of this court. For many years he has served his clients…