Chris Berg, Inc. v. United States

holding that missing “Mistake in Bids” clause required under ASPR be incorporated into the contract as requested by the government because the clause was written for the protection of contract bidders | ruling that "[i]f officials of the Government make a contract they are not authorized to make, the other party is not bound by estoppel or acquiescence or even failing to protest.” | granting reformation to allow upward adjustment in contract price to redress bid error whose correction, though authorized by regulation, the contracting officer had improperly refused | same holding involving Govérnment’s refusal to consider errors made in plaintiffs contract bid | contractor prohibited from correcting mistaken bid