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B-190642 1 (1978-02-17)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadfsx0001 and id is 1 raw text is: -> THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OECISION . OP THE UNITED STArES WASINOTON 0.0. 0!5e DATE: February 17, 1978 Building Maintenance Corporation DIGEST: 1. 7nsertion in low bid for caretaker and maintenance services of daily rate instead of monthly unit price as required by.IPB was not a material deviation re- quiring rejaction of bid as nonreaponsive, inasmuch as there was sufficient information in IFB from which extended price for eleven-month contract period could be ascertained. 2. Insertion in low bid for caretaker and maintenance services of 17 grass cuttings instead of monthly unit price ar required by IFB was not material devi- ation requirkng rejection of bid as nonresponsive, but rather was matterlof form having no effect on quantity of services being procured, inasmuch as IFB specifications required a maximum of 17 grass cuttings for the contract period. 3. Low responsive bid may be reduced after bid opening. Invitation for bids (IFB) CGOl-9123 was isiued on October 6, 1977, by the First Coast Guard District, Boston, Massachusatts, for caretaker and maintenance service of family housing at Nantucket, Massachusetts, for the period Noverber 1, 1977 through September 30, 1978. The solicitation schedule listed 6 different items, and specified the actual or estimated quantity, based on a designated unit, for each item. The schedule also provided blanks for a unit price and a total price for each item. The award was to be made to the bidder who bids on all items and whose price is the lowest in the aggregate. Two bids were received 'and opened on October 28, 1977. Harry E. Clute's (Clute's) low aggregate bid was $13,055, substantially below Building Maintenance Cor- poration's (BMC's) aggcegate bid of $45,000. - 1- FILE: B-190642 MATTER OF: LL~~ Pt )11

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