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B-179301 1 (1973-10-31)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaadkz0001 and id is 1 raw text is: C COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES S1WASHINGTCNhM ., -1z79301 October 31, 1973 The Uonorablo Thomas F. imcormick Public Printer United States Goveramnt Prtnting Office Dear Yr. $cCormieis We reer to a letter dated Septaear 7, 1973t with enclosures, from the Acting General Counel, furnishing a report an the request of Tangle and Little, Inc., for relief in ccmnetion with an error al.eged to have been made In its oral quotation upon which purchase order UNo. 30854 i based. On April 18, 1973, Taagle and Little furnished a telephonic quotation of $5,382 for the production of 1,000 copies each of two books of ?ainte nance Requiravents Cards (plus offoet file nogativan) for the Departmmt of the Ziavy, CIPO Jacket Uo, 736-561 The two other talcphonic quotations were in the amounts of $9,732.63 and $10,956 and the CPO estimate was 6,065.24. It is raported that because of the disparity betweon the ( quotation from Teagle and Little and the GPO estlnate and other quotation,$ the corporation rwn-9 contacted by telephone the nama day and requested to confirm ito talephonic quotation; that Tcagle and Little, without the t benefit of a copy of the specifications, orally confirmed its quotation; and that on April 19, 1973, purchase order Ho. 30854 was tcaued to Teagl and Little calling for delivory of the fainteusnca Requiremento Cards. Upon receipt of the purchase order and writton specification, Tangle and Little allezcd that it had made an error ir its telephonic quotation in that it did Tot consider and include the stout of collating the printed rauterials into books and sets. The corporativu has requested that the contract price for the printing work be incrooaed by $1,920 to cover the cost of hvnd-gatertin thu books of Maintenuance Requiraenta Card nuto vats. In support of its allepatioa of error,, the corporation oubmAtted its original Ikorkshct which does not show a price for had-gathering the books of cards Into seta. Alno, it submtted a rev.ied eotinato shoot for the onitted iork, In an affidavit dated July 25, 1973, a reprasontattvo of thu cprporatiou stated that £olloring the telephonic quotation to GPO, a. follow-up bid, a copy of ihich has been furnished, was ailed by the corporation on April 18, 1973, which did not include a price for hand- gotherin, into seta. . Genrally, when a bidder in requested to cnd does varify its bid, thentxamuent acceptance conswmatos a val-d taad binding contract. the stiba. etacptnec.nw, e a. n ld otat BEST DOCUMENT AVAILABLE

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