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B-282874.2 1 (1999-09-13)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptajkr0001 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: Reliable Mechanical, Inc. File: B-282874.2 Date: September 13, 1999 Charles F. Merz, Esq., Charles F. Merz & Associates, for the protester. Lawrence J. Sklute, Esq., Sklute & Associates for Cooper Construction, Inc., an intervenor. Maria S. Kavouras, Esq., Environmental Protection Agency, for the agency. Charles W. Morrow, Esq., and James A. Spangenberg, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Agency's decision to permit upward correction of the apparent low bid is reasonable where the low bidder's worksheets reasonably established clear and convincing evidence of the mistake and the bid intended, and the protester's contentions are premised on apparent differences between the methodology by which it calculated its bid and how the awardee prepared its bid. DECISION Reliable Mechanical, Inc. protests the award of a contract to Cooper Construction, Inc. under invitation for bids (IFB) No. PR-CI-99-13375, issued by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), for construction work. Reliable contends that EPA improperly permitted Co o per to c o rrect a mistake in its bid. We deny the protest. The IFB covered interior Phase II renovations at selected laboratories, toilet rooms, stairways, and related mechanical, electrical, plumbing and fire protection systems and for new main electrical panel boards and asbestos abatement at the EPA National Exposure Research Laboratory, Athens, Georgia. Agency Report, Tab D-1, Part 1. The IFB schedule delineated the work under, and requested separate fixed prices for, five line items entitled Base Bid Phase II, Add Option 1, Add Option 2, Add Option 3, and Add Option 4. RFP § B, at B.1. The base bid item called for renovation and construction at Lab Nos. 253, 254, 255, 256, 257, and 258, including,

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