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B-417105 1 (2019-02-15)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadvnr0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GO U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Comptroller General Washington, DC 20548 of the United States Decision Matter of: Wright & Morrissey File: B-417105 Date: February 15, 2019 Marc Heath, Esq., Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC, for the protester. Scott N. Flesch, Esq., Brian Habib, Esq., Department of the Army, for the agency. Paula A. Williams, Esq., and Edward Goldstein, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Correction of a bid that results in the displacement of a lower bid was reasonable where the existence of the mistake and the intended bid is ascertainable from the hand written information on the bid itself. DECISION Wright & Morrissey, of South Burlington, Vermont, protests the award of a contract to Stewart Construction Inc., of Essex Junction, Vermont, under invitation for bids (IFB) No. W912LN-1 8-B-5001, issued by the Department of the Army, Vermont Air National Guard for construction services. The protester alleges that the agency improperly allowed Stewart to correct a mistake in its bid, displacing the protester as the low bidder. We deny the protest. BACKGROUND The IFB, issued on April 20, 2018, was posted on the Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps) website. The IFB sought bids for the renovation of building 385, the aircraft shelter and fuel cell located at the Vermont Air National Guard Base in South Burlington, Vermont. IFB at 2. The required renovations, as specified in the IFB plans and drawings, were described in eight contract line item numbers (CLINs): CLIN 0001, the base bid for building 385; CLIN 0002, for contract manpower reporting (CMR); CLIN 0003, for communications and cabling equipment (CCE); CLIN 0004, option 1, aircraft cooling unit; CLIN 0005, option 2, aircraft 270 VDC converter; CLIN 0006, option 3, compressed air system; CLIN 0007, option 4, lower roof replacement; and CLIN 0008,

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