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B-182601 1 (1975-06-03)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadciy0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 4 THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL DECISION (2) OF THE U N ITED STATES W- VA S H ING T 0N, 0.C. 20 5468 97-2-33 FILE: B-182601 DATE: June 3,1975 MATTER OF: Sweitzer Construction Company DIGEST: Request by agency for decision on alleged doubtful error in bid where contractor claims increase in price on basis that it never agreed to furnish at its bid price certain require- ments discovered after award to have been excluded from copy of specification originally furnished to bidder, may not be considered under bid correction procedures. The Veterans Administration has requested a decision as to whether an alleged mistake may be corrected after contract award. The matter was submitted here pursuant to Flederal Procurement Regulations (FPR) § 1-2.406-4(j) (1963 ed.), which provides for the submission to this Office of doubtful cases involving possible correction of mistake in bid price. Contract No. V618-C-694 was awarded to the Sweitzer Construc- tion Company for the construction of an education building and con- necting corridor at the Veterans Administration hospital in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The contract was awarded pursuant to two- step formal advertising procedures. Apparently, Sweitzer's second tier subcontractor for the electrical work submitted its quotation and proposal on the basis of a copy of the Government's specification which contained a blank page 32. After the contract was awarded to Sweitzer, the electrical subcontractor received additional copies of the specification. In comparing these subsequent copies with the original work copy of the specification the subcontractor discovered that specifications were included on page 32 of the former copies. Page 32 generally required conduits for telephone systems, conduits for a closed cir- cuit television system and a lightning protection system. Subsequently, the Veterans Administration decided that the building should not be equipped with a lightning protection system. However, Sweitzer has requested an additional $5,898 to furnish both conduit systems. The solicitation required offerors to submit during the first step of this procurement. a technical proposal to enable the Govern- ment to determine the acceptability of the work offered. Specifically,

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