Interior Request for Reformation of Contract
B-180071
Feb 25, 1974
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GAO commented on whether the Department of the Interior's misrepresentation at a Bureau of Mines prebid meeting concerning the federal government's exemption from state and local taxes was grounds for a reformation of a construction services contract. GAO held that since the contractor relied upon the Interior's misrepresentation and did not include any sales or use taxes in its bid for the project, reformation of the contract was allowable.