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                         THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL
DECISION      .  n       OF THi UNITEO STATES
                         WASHINGTON. O.C. 20548



FILE:     B-211800            DATE: June 3, 1983

MATTER OF:     Stieglitz & Grossmann Manufacturing


DIGEST:

     GAO will not consider request for rescis-
     sion of a contract due to a mistake in bid
     alleged after award since, according to the
     Contract Disputes Act of 1978, the matter
     should be submitted to the contracting
     officer for a decision.

     Stieglitz & Grossman Manufacturing requests rescis-
sion of contract No. GS-00-DS-(S)34025 awarded to the firm
by the General Services Administration's Stockpile Dis-
posal Division for industrial diamond stones. Stieglitz &
Grossmann alleges that its intended bids for two items of
stones were substantially less then its submitted bids,
which the Government accepted.

     Our Office generally will not consider a contractor's
request for rescission of its contract due to a mistake in
bid alleged after award of the contract. Because a mis-
take claim alleged after award involves matters relating
to the contract itself, it should be filed with the con-
tracting officer for a decision pursuant to the Contract
Disputes Act of 1978, 41 U.S.C. §S 601-613 (Supp. IV,
1980). Tri-States Service Company, B-208567, January 17,
1983, 83-1 CPD 44.

     Accordingly, we will not consider Stieglitz & Gross-
mann's request.




                                 Harry R. Van Cfeve
                                 Acting General Counsel


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