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B-274697 1 (1996-12-24)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptaemx0001 and id is 1 raw text is: oComptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: PCL Constructors Canada, Inc. File: B-274697 Date: December 24, 1996 Geoffrey T. Keating, Esq., Thomas F. Burke, Esq., and Richard C. Wall, Esq., McKenna & Cuneo, for the protester. Alex D. Tomaszczuk, Esq., and Matthew A. Anzaldi, Esq., Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge, for Axor Engineering Construction Group, Inc., an intervenor. Dennis J. Gallagher, Esq., Department of State, for the agency. Peter A. Jannicelli, Esq., and Michael R. Golden, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Contracting agency properly allowed correction of a mistake in the awardee's low bid where the awardee presented clear and convincing evidence of the existence of the mistake and of the intended bid price. DECISION PCL Constructors Canada, Inc. (PCL) protests award of a firm, fixed-price contract to Axor Engineering Construction Group, Inc. (Axor) by the Department of State pursuant to invitation for bids (IFB) No. S-FBOAD-96-B-0001, for construction of the new United States Embassy Chancery building in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The protester contends that the agency improperly allowed Axor to correct a mistake in its bid before awarding the contract to it and that Axor's bid should have been rejected. We deny the protest. Issued on June 21, 1996, the IFB requested bids for the basic work (i.e., construction of a four-story chancery office building) and for an alternate item (i.e., construction of pedestrian steps adjacent to the chancery office building). The IFB required bidders to submit a price for the basic project as well as a price for the alternate item; no individual line item prices were required. The contract was to be awarded to the responsible bidder whose bid was the lowest-priced for the basic work only. 12081212

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