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B-178805 1 (1973-09-28)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaadgg0001 and id is 1 raw text is: COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES 4) WASHINGTON, D.C. ,42I -178?.05 September 28, 1973 The Honorable y' The Secretary of Agriculture Dear Mr. Secretary: Reference i =ado to letter dated May 30, 1973, with enclosures, LC0 from the Director, Office of Plant and Operations, requesting a decision as to theaction to be taken concerning auzerrorjaflaged by the Graybar 5 ElectrLc toipauy, Inc., tohave bean uade in its bid upon which purchase order Ilo, RB-20349-ARS-72 Is based. Oj By jrvitation for bids No. 311-RB-AR-72, the Agricultural Research Service requested bide for furnishing various electrical parts and oquip- mernt. The invitation contained 37 ite=s, each to be bid individually, with a total not a=ount for all items to be indicated by the bidder. On para BS-1 of the invitation, bidders were advieed that thn Government resat.vou the right to make aw.rd on the basis of either the low aggroate bid (Total Net Mount), by group of itcms, or on an itc-by-item basin. Also, it was stated that a bidder nay indicate a Total Hat Aount for award on an agqrotlate basin; that the Tobal Not Mount may be equal to or less than the sum of the individual &ountu for items 1 through 37; and that if the bidder does not indicate a Total Net isount., the sum of the amounts bid on items 1 through 37 shall ba considered tte Total Net Mount, In responsc, Graybar submitted a bid wherein It. inserted a unit price for each iten and an aggregate total price of $7,129.50 for items 1 t rough 37. Below its aggregate bid price it inserted Did basn., on award of all Items. Graybar offered a prompt payment discount of 2 ptrcent for payment within 20 days. On June 29, 1972, purchase order 11o. RD-20349-ARS-72 wns issued to Cra7bar and it called for d'divery of items I .rough 37 for the lump sum of $7,129.50. 1 It Is reported that on November 28, 1972, reprosentatives of Craybar visited the contracting office and alleged that an error 14 addition was made in its bid in that the total not amount for items 1 Ithrough 37 should have been shown as $9,657.83 Instead of $7,129.50. One of Graybar's representatives stated that the error in bid was not noticed uptil the accounting office for the Agricultural Research Service contacted him regarding an overpayment of $2,178.11 on purchase order No. RB-20349-ARG-72. the overpayment occurred because Graybar was paid for thu supplies and equip- ment delivered on the basis ot the extended unit pricoset forth opposite items 1 through 3? rather than on the basis of the aggr'sgato total bid price. P3i USHE n ........... . .........53 Ccsnp. Ge............. ....~

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