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B-213177 1 (1983-12-09)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadlll0001 and id is 1 raw text is: THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL DECISION OF THE UNITED STATUE WASHINGTON. 0. C. 20548 FILE: B-213177 DATE: December 9, 1983 MATTER OF: D. L. Draper Associates DIGEST: Where protester seeking correction of its bid to within .26 percent of the next low bid submits only a computer printout and an unsworn written statement as evidence of its intended bid, contracting officer's determination that such evidence does not constitute the clear and convincing evidence of the asserted intended bid price required to allow correction is not unreasonable. The closer an asserted intended bid is to the next low bid, the more difficult it is to clearly establish that it is the bid actually intended. D. L. Draper Associates seeks our review of a deci- sion by the Forest Service, Department of Agriculture, which denied correction of its bid to provide janitorial services at the United States Forest Products Laboratory in Madison, Wisconsin, under invitation for bids (IFB) No. FPL-83-11. Although the Forest Service found that Draper had made a mistake in its bid, it rejected Draper's request for correction on the grounds that Draper failed to provide sufficient proof of its intended bid price. We affirm the Forest Service's decision and deny the protest. The IFB sought bids for an initial contract period of 1 year (item No. 1) and for 2 additional option years (item Nos. 2 and 3). Bidders were to indicate not only the total price for each year but also the per month price. Draper submitted the apparent low bid, offering a price of $8,749 per month for a total of $104,988 per year for each of the base and option years. Consolidated Maintenance submitted the apparent second low bid, bidding $141,360 for the base year, $147,012 for the first option year, and $152,892 for the second option year.

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