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B-182895 1 (1975-05-29)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadcjl0001 and id is 1 raw text is: .. THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL DECISION . .1 - OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON. D.C . 20548 t50,11 - FILE: B-182895 DATE: May 29,1975 MATTER OF: Autoclave Engineers, Inc. DIGEST: 1. Contractor's allegation of unilateral mistake in offer after award does not provide basis for contract adjust- ment since contracting agency personnel adequately dis- charged their verification duty by calling to offeror's attention fact that its offered price appeared to be unreasonably low and offeror thereafter verified its offer. 2. In negotiated procurement, contracting officer, who reasonably had no suspicion of specific mistake in an offer but requests verification advising offeror that its offer is unreasonably low, adequately discharges verification duty in view of restrictions on disclosure of information during the preaward period. See ASPR § 3-507.2 (1973 ed.). 3. In absence of guidance in section III of ASPR for resolving suspicion of error in offeror's price after receipt of offers, GAO suggests that DOD provide procedures to be followed when mistake is suspected before award in negotiated procurement. Request for proposals (RFP) N62477-73-C-0002 was issued on December 10, 1973, by the Commanding Officer, Chesapeake Division, Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NFEC), Washington, D.C., for the design, fabrication, assembling, installation and testing of a hyperbaric facility at the United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland. By March 20, 1974, the closing date for receipt of proposals, three proposals were received as follows: Autoclave Engineers, Inc. $137,980 Hahn & Clay 181,404 The Bethlehem Corp. 258,900 The Government estimate was $200,960. - 1 -

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