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B-194193 1 (1979-05-07)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadheu0001 and id is 1 raw text is: THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL DECISION OF THE UNITED STATEB WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 FILE: B-194193 DATE: May 7, 1979' MATTER OF: R.H. Whelan Company DIGEST: Since each bidder dgides whether it wishes to extend its bid, claim for expenses incurred incident to extending bid acceptancyjperiod is denied. R.H. Whelan Co. (Whelan) claims $72,351.11 plus 12 percent interest because of supplies it purchased in anticipation of receiving an award under IFB FWS- 4-78-106 issued by the Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior. Whelan was the second low bidder under this solicitation at $95,986. Prior to awarding the contract to the low bidder at $54,344, the contracting officer contacted the bidder and requested that the bid price be confirmed. The low bidder confirmed its price and received the award on September 29, 1978. Subsequently, the bidder contacted the agency and contended that it had erroneously computed the price and requested relief. The agency then contacted Whelan and twice requested ex- tensions of Whelan's bid acceptance period while the low bidder's request was being considered by the agency and our Office. That request has been denied by our Office in Department of the Interior, B-194380, April 17, 1979, 79-1 CPD . Whelan does not contend that agency personnel indicated that it would receive the award if the bid was extended but maintains that the agency, by requesting an extension, implied that Whelan would receive the award. Further, Whelan indicates that it informed the agency that the extensions required that firm to purchase supplies in order to maintain its bid price.

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