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B-181512 1 (1974-07-05)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadcdn0001 and id is 1 raw text is: FILE: B-181512 4 THE COMPTROLLER 13ENERAL ,.~ iOF THE UNITED STATES ',A/A S - iN GTON .CD C .2 0548S DATE: July 5, 1974 MATTER OF: Charles bluestone Company, Inc. DIGEST: Where ristak-e in bid on item in surplus sales contract was aliezed after award, and bid for said item was more than eight times current market anoraisal, more than 100 times only other bid for that item, and the bid for the item was out of seauence with the other bids submitted by that bidder. there is clear and convincint evidence of a mistake in bid and that the contracting officer should have detected the mistake. GAO will not object to administrative recou:mendation to delete subject item from contract. Charles Bluestone Company, Inc. (Bluestonel has requested relief in the form of deletion from its surplus sales contract of an item for which it has alleged, .after award, that a mis- take was committed in the submission of its bid. The Defense Supply Agency's Defense Property Disposal Service (DPDS), Columbus, Ohio, offered various items of scrap for public sale in Invitation for Bids No. 27-4242. The sub- ject firm submitted bids on ten items, and received an award on April 8, 1974, for various items, including item 58, adver- tised as 20,000 pounds of scrap rubber. By telephone conversation of April 10, 1974, and by letter of April 16, 1974, Bluestone advised the contracting agency of a mistake that had been allegedly committed with regard to item 58, for which the firm had submitted a unit price of $.3351. It was stated that the bid was intended for item 53, which was 20,000 pounds of brass scrap, but that the typist preparing the bid inadvertently typed 58 rather than 53. It was also noted that the subject concern is a wholesaler dealing exclusively in non-ferrous metals and has no use for the surplus rubber. We are advised that the current market appraisal for item 58 established prior to the sale was $.04 per pound and the only other bid submitted for that item was in the unit price of - 1-

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