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DECIBIN 101 OF THE UNyIanHAR
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FILE: B-189926 DATE: December 27, 1977
-t IMATTER OF: Williams and Company, Inc.
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DIGEST:
Request for modification of contract price due to alleged
error in bid, claimed after award, is allowed, because
contracting officer, in discharging bid verification duty,
failed to specifically point out discrepancy in contractor's
bid.
On the basis of a mistake in bid alleged after award,
Williams and Company, Inc. (Williams) requests modifination
of contract No. DACW27-77-C-0021 awarded ,o Williams by the
Army. Corps of Engineers (Army) for varied quantities of stain-
less steel pipe (Items No. I and No. 2), stainless steel elbows
(Items No. 3 ard No. 4), and stainless steel flanges (Items No.
5 and No. 6). In bidding Items No. 3 and No. 4, Williams states,
it mistakenly bid less expensive cast fittings instead of the more
expensive wrought fittings called for under the solicitation as
amended.
The solicitation, as originally issued. required that;
rai11 staihless steel pipes, elbows and flanges
** * he ASTM Standard A 312 Cseamless and
welded austenitic SS pipe'. Grade TP 304-
Schedule 40.
Upon receipt of the solicitation Wi)iams noticed that with regard
to Items No. 3 and No. 4 there was no indication in the solicitation
as to whether they were to be 150-pound fittings or more heavily
rated fittings. This discrepancy was reported to the Army. The
Army subsequently issued an amendment to the solicitation which
among other things addressed the issue which Williams had raised.
The amendment as issued consisted of two pages and an attachment.
The attachment was to be rubstituted fur the above nuated specifi-
cation and read as follows:
SPECIFICATIONS FOR
STAINLESS STEEL PIPE,
ELBOWS, FLANGE
Stainless Steel Pipe [Items No. I and No. 2]
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