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B-200907 1 (1981-03-26)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadjfx0001 and id is 1 raw text is: - ER GENERA - THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL DECISION OF THE UNITED STATES WASHNGT N. D.0C. 20548 FILE: B-200907 DATE: Mal ch 26, 1981 MATTER OF: G.J;K. Metals Inc. DIGEST: Where high bidder failed to submit! proof of alleged mistake in bid prior to award, contract should not be re- scinded since there were no clear in- dications of error due to variances between high price and other prices submitted and Government estimates. G.J.K. Metals Inc. (G.J.K.) requests rescission of a contract awarded to it on item 20 under invita- tion for bids No. MIN-320, issued by the Federal Property Resources Service, General Services Admin- istration (GSA), for the sale of industrial diamonds. We believe that rescission would be improper. G.J.K submitted the high bid of $30,655 ($61.31 per carat). Other unit prices for this item ranged from $24.14 to $6.51. Because contracting personnel did not consider the G.J.K. unit price to be signif- icantly out of line with the Government estimates of three diamond experts ($32, $35, $50) for the item and because high bid prices received on other items varied similarly from Government estimates, the G.J.K. error was not questioned. Prior to award, G.J.K. alleged that a typographical error had been made in its bid price on item 20--the $30,655 price should have been $3,655. In response to a GSA request for worksheets or other proof of the error, G.J.K. advised that because all workpapers were shredded at the end of each day, no proof of the error existed. Since no documentary proof was submitted and since the bid was not significantly out of line, the contract was awarded.

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