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B-178975 1 (1973-09-27)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaadgj0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I S COMFTROLLER GENERAL OF TIlE UNITED STATES WA&SiINCTO4 D.C. ma 313' A1789h SEP 2 7 1973 ZUeitenwt Genern faUce H, Mfbinson, Jr. Director, lkfexwe U ply Agenoy Dear 0tirecRobinsc This Is in respone to the letter dated June 19p X973, from the Aseitant Counsel, requesting S decision iw to whether Ccnrca Metal. Qcpany (omrcial) j¥ay be relieved of ts obigaticm to perfom under contract no, 46-303e046 because of a4 error aflegedly wde in cmpiuting Its bid price upon vtoh the contraot Is baed. Invitation for bids Jo. 16..3D0% requeste4 bids for the purhazina of a32 or any of the strplus overzrnet property listed In the Lwco nv y- in schedule Cormroialt submitted a per unit bid price of 0.3025 on ttcm 30t, or O7,0 for 24s'030 pounds of copper, leud-covered cable1 scrap. Avrd was xde to Gornrcia as the highest bidder on item 0 TheMreater, Cercial advicd th Defense Burplt Saleo Oflce that It had mdea ( ty aphica1 error In its bid on item 30 in thAt its bid ehuld have bzen 4 0,202; -rather tlwn 40O.3O023 per poud, ConncquntL it requcetcd that it be exctiev from the ccmtract obligation, or, alternativelyp that It be al.lowed to correct Its per unit bA4 price to 402025. The salese contrating of clcer atates that he ohoult have been on cwnstrativo notice of the error In bid since the current market value of Atem 30 was established at 0.2 per pound. Furthermore, item 2 was descriptively similar to Item 30 and its current mjrket value van identi- cal to that of Its 30, 40.25 per pound. oamrrcWa had submitted a unit price of 40.2523 c Item 2, Frau the foregoingp It a be concluded that the mlistrde of Coxerrcio vaso apparent that it placed the contracting otticer on conatructive notice of error and that the bid should have been verified prior to award. We agren, thcrefore, vith the a instrativo rcccaendatixn tint the con- tract awardei to ComrcialM etals Corqw n i It= 30 be rescinded without liability to tht firm, 81 eroly )yoursp Paul 0. Dmbling ActInclCoqtronler General (7) )L ,zo /f' ' ote itedStts 9 -'' '':, ot 1 9 tbtVte t

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