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B-177446 1 (1973-01-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadvfo0001 and id is 1 raw text is: COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548 JAN 23 1973 B- 177446 Dear Mr. Secretary: Reference is made to a letter dated. November 10, 1972, with enclosures. from the Deputy Cowmnder, Procurement Management, Naval Supply Systems Comicand, requesting a decision by our Office regarding rescisston of t surplus sales contract, which was awarded to O'Loughlin amd Company. ChatsWorth, lifornia-, under Invitation for Bids No. 66532-2053 at its bid price for Item 87 in the amount of $3,561.00. The subject IFB was dated May 30, 1972, and was issued by the Consolidated Surplus Sales Office at the U. S. Naval Supply Depot, Subic Bay, Olongapo Cit.y, Republic of the Philippines. Bid opening was scheduled for June 21, 1972. Item 87, located at the Supply Depot's disposal yard, was described as follows: ROLLER, VIBRATOR, fd. by Ray Go, Inc., Model Romper, Ser #06C0541D, 2 cylinder diesel engine, D-34287-72* E- 11737. U8ed, fair. Weight: 4,100 lbs. Acq. Cost: $6,,793.91 1 Each After receiv-Ing the award for Item 87, O'Loughlin advised the Sales Contracting Officer (SCO) by letter of July 28, L972, that an error had occurred in its bid price due to its mistaken belief that it was bidding on a Ray fto.Rascal. vibratory roller instead of a Romper, and that this error was not detected until the week preceding the date of the letter. The letter contended that since a new Romper' could be purchased in the continental United States, it- would be oconomically unreasonable to trandport the purchased item from the ale site. The letter requeste# roscission ofthe sale, alleging that a review of the prices of the other bidders woild clearly establish the existence of the error* iPa' 51 .-

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