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B-183643 1 (1975-08-08)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadcka0001 and id is 1 raw text is: TE COMPTROLLER GENERAL DECISION . OF THE UNITED STATES WA SH IN GTON, D.C. 20548 %ITO0 FILE: B-183643 DATE: August 8, 1975 MATTER OF: White Abstract Company DIGEST: Contractor's price of $100 per ownership for furnishing, preliminary certificates of title limited its payment to that amount for the preparation of a certificate on a 2,025 acre tract for which there were 74 abstracts of title con- taining 3,700 entries. Relief will be granted where bidder's mistake is so great that it would be unconscionable to limit compensation to the amount of the contract and where con- tracting officer should have been on notice of the error in the contractor's bid. White Abstract Company (White), has requested reformation of its contract No. DACW41-73-D-0020, which was for the fur- nishing of tract ownership data and title evidence for real property ownerships located within the Long Branch Project Area, Macon County, Missouri. The procurement of these services was under- taken for the purpose of facilitating the acquisition of property or easements needed for the development of the Long Branch Project. This solicitation was for all of the remaining ownerships within the project area, which were estimated to be 74. Invitation for bids (IFB) No. DACW41-73-0041 called for bids on three schedules. Schedule I required unit and total price on approximately 74 Tract Ownership Data on properties located in Macon County, Missouri, to be acquired in connection with the Long Branch Lake. Schedule I also required title evidence as specified in Schedule II and/or III for Long Branch Lake. Schedule II called for the delivery of preliminary certificates of title for an estimated 74 ownerships as ordered by the contracting officer. White's bid of $100 per ownership was to apply to title evi- dence ordered for each tract in contiguous ownership without reference to size or the number of abstract parts or chains of title involved and was to include all charges, including attorney's fees for abstract- ing and title work, as well as $1,000 of title insurance. Further sub- parts of Schedule II provided for bids for increases in price for title insurance in excess of $1,000 on an increasing sliding scale. Schedule III, an alternative to Schedule II, called for the delivery of policies of title insurance, including endorsements showing title in the United States and including liability per ownership on a sliding scale similar to the scale set forth in Schedule II. - 1 -

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