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B-203511 1 (1981-08-14)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadjqp0001 and id is 1 raw text is: DEC iON THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL DECISION •OF THE UNITEO STATES WAS H IN GTO N . DC. 20548 L'ITEV FILE: B-203511 DATE: August 14, 1981 MATTER OF: M E :Department of the Interior in re-Jim Cooley Construction, Inc. DIGEST: Bid may not be increased to correct subcon- tractor's omission of item in its quotation alleged after bid opening where bidder pre- sents no evidence of alleged mistake or that subcontractor intended to include omitted item in its quotation at time it was made. The Department of the Interior requests an opinion regarding a mistake in bid alleged to have been made by Jim Cooley Construction, Inc. (Cooley), the low bidder under invitation for bids No. (IFB) W56-133/BII. Cooley seeks to have its bid increased because of the alleged mistake. The existing record does not provide a basis for the requested correction. The IFB sought bids for a contract to remodel dor- mitory buildings at the Riverside Indian School, Anadarko, Oklahoma. In preparing its bid on the project, Cooley requested a quotation for plastering services from a potential subcontractor, Stag Plastering. According to Cooley, Stag Plastering provided a quotation of $92,350. Based on this amount, Cooley submitted a bid of $1,184,000 for the project. Cooley alleges that shortly before bid opening, the subcontractor called and stated it had omitted the furring item from its quotation and that it was necessary to raise its quo- tation to $122,585 (that is $30,235 more than the original quotation). Cooley tried to send a telegram increasing its bid by $30,000 to reflect the changed quotation, but the telegram was not received by the agency prior to bid opening and therefore could not be considered with the bid. Contending that the $30,000 omission constitutes a mistake in bid, Cooley requests that its bid be increased by that amount to correct the omission. :1 l7

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