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· 7/12/1963

Prestex Inc. v. The United States

Citations

  • 320 F.2d 367
  • 162 Ct. Cl. 620
  • 1963 U.S. Ct. Cl. LEXIS 121

How courts have described this case

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  • indicating that a contractor may recover under an implied-in-fact contract that has been fully performed even if the contract was “not properly advertised”
  • where plaintiff’s bid, in response to an advertised procurement, was deemed nonresponsive because it deviated from the advertised specifications
  • “[D]evia-tions may be waived by the contracting officer provided they do not go to the substance of the bid or work an injustice to other bidders.”
  • Prestex was the case the government in its motion for summary judgment most relied on for the proposition that a supplier must comply with all material specifications

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Judges: Jones, Laramore, Durfee, Davis

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