J.B. Steel, Inc. v. The United States

DAVIS, Circuit Judge.

The issue is whether a Forest Service contract awarded to appellant J.B. Steel, Inc. (Steel) was patently ambiguous (with regard to the pertinent aspect of the work) so as to call upon Steel to inquire from the contracting officer before it bid. The Board of Contract Appeals of the Department of Agriculture held that it was {J.B. Steel, Inc., 86-2 BCA (CCH) U 18,938) and Steel appeals. We affirm.

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The contract was for expansion of the cold storage and tree package building at a Forest Service nursery facility (the Humboldt Nursery) in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest in…