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B-283857 1 (2000-01-18)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptakyn0001 and id is 1 raw text is: -e GeAtOa E Comptroller General of the United States United States General Accounting Office DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE Washington, DC 20548 The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. Decision Matter of: Construction Technology Group, hie. File: B-283857 Date: January 18, 2000 Deborah R. Murphey, Esq., and Karl Dix, Jr., Esq., Smith, Currie & Hancock for the protester. Joseph J. Kokolakis for J. Kokolakis Contracting, Inc., an intervenor. Larry E. Beall, Esq., and Joseph A. Gonzales, Esq., U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, for the agency. Sylvia Schatz, Esq., and John M. Melody, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Contracting agency reasonably permitted upward correction in low bid where the offeror presented clear and convincing evidence of the mistake--the failure of a computerized spreadsheet to include three line item prices in subtotal and total prices--and the intended bid within a narrow range of uncertainty, and the bid would remain low under any interpretation. DECISION Construction Technology Group, Inc. protests the agency's decision to permit an upward correction of the low bid of J. Kokolakis Contracting, Inc. under invitation for bids (IFB) No. DACASO1-99-B-0042, issued by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for dining facility construction at MacDill Air Force Base (AFB) in Florida. We deny the protest. The IFB contained a bid schedule that required bidders to submit prices on eight items, including five base items and three option items. IFB at BS-1. The requirements in the bid schedule were delineated in numerous detailed specifications and plans/details as shown in the contract. Award was to be made based on the low price for the base bid and all options. IFB at BS-2. The Corps

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