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B-285854 1 (2000-10-17)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptalen0001 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: Metric Constructors, Inc. File: B-285854 Date: October 17, 2000 Douglas L. Patin, Esq., and Claire E. Kresse, Esq., Spriggs & Hollingsworth, for the protester. D. Lee Roberts, Jr., Esq., Weinberg, Wheeler, Hudgins, Gunn & Dial, for Dawson Building Contractors, Inc., an intervenor. Carlton A. Arnold, Esq., Department of the Army, for the agency. Jacqueline Maeder, Esq. and Paul I. Lieberman, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Protest of contracting agency's decision to decline to allow upward price correction of allegedly mistaken low bid is denied where agency reasonably concluded that the worksheets and other supporting material submitted by protester do not provide clear and convincing evidence of the protester's intended bid. DECISION Metric Constructors, Inc. protests the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' denial of Metric's request to correct a mistake in its low bid under invitation for bids (IFB) No. DACA27-00-B-0002, for the construction of an Army Reserve Center at Fort Gillem, Atlanta, Georgia. Metric contends that the agency's decision was unreasonable. We deny the protest. The IFB required bidders to submit lump-sum price entries for 14 base bid contract line item numbers (CLINs) and for 5 option CLINs. The base bid CLINs were for the construction of several primary buildings, including a training building, unit storage building, medical supply warehouse, parts warehouse and support facility and various miscellaneous tasks such as the installation of metal lockers, shelving and kitchen equipment. The option CLINs included a landscaping upgrade, construction of an unheated storage building and a concrete planter, and the installation of ornamental fencing and an irrigation system. IFB, Bid Schedule, at 3-9.

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