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B-185235 1 (1976-01-14)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaddsw0001 and id is 1 raw text is: T-HT !E JItMPTROLLER5:G QEN~R ERECISIO-N _F T HE U NJI-DE-S TAT 1S_ VASHINGTON. 0. Q. 2 5-448 L MCAP FILE: B-185235 DATE: January 14, 1976 MATTER OF: Eagle Press Corporation 09q~ 27'Z~S DIGEST: Bidder's request for contract modification to remedy alleged mistake in estimation of amount of paper required to perfo-rm conAtract_ cannot be granted since contracting officer adequately discharged his bid verification duty prior to ,acceptance by calling to bidder's attention noticeable variance between its total bid and next low bid and bidder verified bid. This decision involves a mistake in bid by Eagle Press Corporation alleged after an award to it by the Government Printing Office (GPO) of a contract for the production of 4,190,000, 32-page pamphlets. GPO solicited bids for the contract from 20 firms and on August 21, 1975, received sev~on. bids as follows: Eagle Press Braceland Bros Craftsman Press Gateway Press Cato Show Wellington Publication Press The Art Litho $ 86,514.00 117,188.00 118,500.00 133,000.00 145,586.00 148,9.84.00 157,950.00 No GPO estimate of cost was made. A previous printing of.1/2 the quantity requested in the present invitation foEr bids was purchased for $65,790- in August 197A. However, paper prices in August 1974 were substantially higher because of the extreme paper shortage at that time. Because of the significant variation in price between the low bid of Eagle Press and the next lowest bid, and in iew of the previous printing cost, Eagle Press was orally requested on August 22, 1975, to review and confirm its bid. GPO recprds made at the time - 1 - L'- ( ~ A

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