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B-185032 1 (1976-03-18)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadddw0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I iK~ /!j THE MCO1VPTROLLER (GENERAL D P THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON, (D.C. 20548 [DATE: 1arch l8, 1976 Robert 4ciullan and Son, Inc. DIGEST: Claim for amount inadvertently omitted from bid price due to bidder's misinterpretation of supplier's quotation is denied where notice of mistake and bid withdrawal was not received at office designated for receipt of withdrawals until after award and the disparity in bid prices was in- sufficient to place the contracting officer on notice of possible mistake before award. The Department of the Navy, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, has requested a decision as to whether it may correct the price of contract No. N62467-73-C-0073, awarded to Robert McMullan and Son, Inc., in the amount of $1,019,008 for the construction of a Marine Barracks with Mess Modernization and Addition, Naval Station, Charleston, South Carolina. The bids, opened on June 5, 1975, were as follows: Robert Mcullan and Son Palmetto Construction Dawson Engineering Ruscon Construction Company Government's Estimate Item 1 $648,122 69 4,118 708,052 681,3:! 695,000 7 / r 32 I/ 137/ Tti-,-, 3 1.,8 0!.,705 D7,173 10, ,580 11-5,000 Total. $1I,0(19 ,000 1,076,653 1,133,077 1,155,732 1,100,000 Mcullan states that it calculaed its 1 bi on Item 1 on the basis of its subcontractor's ol quottion. McMullan believed the quotation covered iliber mateial.s to install structural steel and miscellaneou; iron Work. However, by letter dated June 13, 1975, the subcontractor confirmed that its oral quote excluded the ,hardware to be installed. McMullan alleges that its bid was preparecd on the ba'sis of the erroneous oral quotation of $36,687.00 and that-. the supplier subsequently has agreed to do the work for $96,100.00. McMullan, therefore, contends it has under-bid Item 1 by an amount of $59,413. - 1 - FILE: B-185032 MATTER OF:

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