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B-179317 1 (1973-08-31)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaaddf0001 and id is 1 raw text is: At m 3-179317 I COMPTROL.LER QENRAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASH INGTON, D, W6 August 31, 1973 The Honorable Arthur F, Sampson Administrator, General Services Aminis trat ion Dear Mr, Sampson: By letter dated July 27, 1973, with enclosures, your General Counsel, in concurrence with the, contracting ogficer* recomended that the $9,284 price in sales contract No. GS09-I-(S)-3-2622 with Hadell & Coo, Inc,, for Item 118 be decreased to the established intended price of 04,284 on tho grounds that it is $6,284 more than the $3,000 upset price and $5,504 more than the second high bid, which factors should have placed the contracting officer on notice of the possibility of a mistake in the bid upon which the contract is based. We have reviewed the administrative file and, on the basis of the information contained therein, we agree that the contracting officer was on constructive notice of error and that the bid should have been ver ited prior to award. We therefore concur in the recomendation that the sa)es price of item 118 should be corrected to road $4,284. Sincerely yourse PhuT q. DembltnS For the Comptroller General of the United States :1 ,1 ~7. / / ! 5. p., .- p tl,9A.< 59(s3 / C-. -~-~ (7 . * . : , t

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