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B-177330 1 (1973-01-02)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadtcu0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Y COMPTROLLER GENERAL OW TH-E uNITED STATES WASHINGTON. D, 204 B-177330 Dear W. 8aMson: Reference is made to letter dated October 25, 1972, with enclo- sure,, from the General Consel, rquestIng a decision ao to the. ae- a to be taken concerning an error allegtd by the Tuner CcuWt to have been made in its bid upon which contract No. G-,6-7007 vas based. The Procurement Division, Federal Supily Srvioe, General Services Administation (M), Kansas City, Missour, by Invitation for bids No. 6PR-W-04081-CK-F reqtated bids. for tmwiahing 132 liquid fuel fire pots. The Turnr Cmnzy submuitted the only bidt in the anmut of $28.44 per unit. The bid of the company was aocept on arch 23, 1972. It is reported that on Jwie 19, $72, TuTre's reosentative tele- phned the contracting officer alleging that the c*apwny had mde a mis- take in its bid on the fire pots and staed that heo V first aware of the mistake at the time a ther GSA contracting ofieer caled bim and questioned the cmpa y'a, bid. of $4.3.83 for the same it-em. In a letter dated June 21, 1W, Tumer -stated thwt it had ero- neously based its bid price on fuzniuhdng Its mdel T-20 guoline fire pot rather than on fuxishirng fte propane fire Pot required by the spec- ifications and that th require& fire pot omists of five components, the total cost of which is n43-. 14 support of its allegation of error, the ecca sitmitted its printed pree list hieh shows the coa of each of the five caqpmts needed fmr the amse ly of the reqvived fire pot. Tuner so stnmitted copies of two invoices which it had sent to GOA for fire pots similhr to those requred by the sJeet solieitxtin. The invoices show vnit Vrices of $40 and 02.05, reseotively. On the basis of the record it appears that Turner mde a mistake in its bid. However, in requesting eeretd of the mistak., Turnr doea not seek to have the bid corrected so as to have included therein a pre- viously alculated item tAih was inadv4rtently aaitt from the amunt of the original bid. Bather, Turner ppopm to Turnish a. different mode fire pot than the one it based its bid upo and to increase the bid by an eamunt rr-sentin the difference in prie between the two models. In 17 Ch Con. 575 577 (1938), It was stated: *** * The basic rule is, of course, that bids may not be changed after they are opened, aM the exception permitting

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