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B-191786 1 (1978-09-08)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadgjx0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Illi I * Va oeankhnaeeas 14~ ~THER COMPYROLLER GENEIRAL.rh OSCIDON *. * P THE UNITED STATe WASIINCTON. a.c. .as FILE: 5-191786 DATE: feptember 8, 1978 MATTER OF: M&B Contracting Company-Raconsideration DIGEOT: 1. Bid is not materially unbalanced unless it is reasonably clear that acceptance will not result in lowest overall cost to Govern- ment. Allegations that interest may Aare to be paid or that excessive termination costs will Se incurred are speculative, and GAO will not consider them. 2. Construction contractor being paid upon completion of various classes of work may be paid reasonable cost of preparatory work done and materials furnished, less estimated value of items of equipment at conclusion of contract, without violating statute prohibiting advance payments. NAB Cpntracting Company (9IB), the third-low bidder for construction of a divide cut on the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway and an interested party in the protest of Farrell Construction Company (Farrell)? 57 Comp. Gen. (1978), 78-2 CPD 45, seeks reconsideration 01 part BY-our decision in that case. narbert Construction Corporation (Harbert), which has since been awarded the contract, was alleged by Farrell and NIB to have submitted an unbalanced bW4 because it included the cost of new equipment, to be used in performing the three-year contract, in its $6 million price for the bid item covering mobiliza- tion and preparatory work. L-0

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