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B-274949.2 1 (1999-12-13)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptajea0001 and id is 1 raw text is: -e GeAtOa __Comptroller General of the United States United States General Accounting Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: Connecticut Laminating Company, Inc. File: B-274949.2 Date: December 13, 1999 Steven M. Snow for the protester. Drew Spalding, Esq., Government Printing Office, for the agency. John L. Formica, Esq., and James A. Spangenberg, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST 1. Agency determination to permit bidder to correct a mistake in its low bid prior to award was proper where the agency reasonably determined that clear and convincing evidence established the existence of the mistake and the intended bid price, even though the bidder did not submit workpapers showing how it prepared its bid but only a declaration explaining how the mistake was made and the intended bid. 2. Bid which did not include any reference to a bid acceptance period should be construed to be open for a reasonable period of time and is acceptable where the solicitation, issued by the Government Printing Office, did not require any minimum bid acceptance period. DECISION Connecticut Laminating Company, Inc. protests the intended award of a contract to General Binding Corporation (GBC) under solicitation No. B296-S, issued by the Government Printing Office (GPO). Connecticut Laminating contends that the bid submitted by GBC in response to the solicitation should have been rejected by the agency as nonresponsive and that the agency improperly permitted GBC to make an upward correction to its bid price. We deny the protest. The solicitation sought bids for the production and supply of identification card components. The solicitation included a schedule of prices, which contained two line items; one for cardstock and another for laminate sleeve. Solicitation at 17.

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