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B-179695 1 (1973-12-07)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaadsy0001 and id is 1 raw text is: \7'. t s a. I' .0 . . - I . COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITO 5M!ThT WMHINGTOt,4 D.C., 0 X47969 .t TW I*e -- The Secrtarwy of tke Tnterior bea Mr. secretary; December 7, 19T3 •*9O . I We refer to a letter 4tted SerttW 12, .1973, with enclorma, frcs the Deputy Ansintat Secrctay of the Intarior, requesting a deeisio a to the action to be taken concerning an error alleged by the Alder Cntruction Ccmpoy (Alder) to ha bea adoein its bi •pA which o¢ntat No. CX-000-3w9Ol7 is based ..r ., * The National Park Berfcep-fllwntoan attcmal Park, Vymin... requexted bids for the constructtio of Wastewater Treatment Faci.ties far .Old Faithful at the park, project No. 6S6-362, Alder subitted a u agrate total bid of $1,137,500. The cnly other bidder on the project quoted an agregate total bid price of 41, 261032.75. The Governents revised eticate for the vrk vas 966,699.25 The bid of Alderwasaccepted anJune29,1973. - By letter dated JUly 18, 1973, Alder advised the cmtnoting officer that*it plu=bing and heating subcontractor had made an erwr in its quotation to the coewzany. In support of the allegation of error, Alder submitted a statem=ent in which the subcontractor stated that he had requested a price quotation f a proped supplier; that the quotation va to.estate a price for itnI and a suitable deduction therefra to al Uw cculation of a obid price fo:'--ite 1A; that, ha-. ever, the supplier's quotation for item 2A was the actual price, sad not the deductive .rice from item 1; that he did not realize that the price quoted by the supplier was in error. and that, cordingly, he tiscl ted his bid przce for item 24. The subcontractor stated that a deduction u' 4?64,133 should have been used instead oft $121560. It is reported that the differenue between the above fiaures of 437,422, ±I increased to the total claind error -of $46,O$3, .after wing certain comptatione ad4:&wjuttmenta. Zn..prppo of his alie- gation of error, the vubcontractor aubmtted his vorksheet which sbcv that be used a dcducatof .a,56Op vbich is identified there as tbe quotatio received frn his supplier, in calulatig pilmbing and plipng coats for .tA U. .. * *.1~* 9 w~ r . 4 4 .~-- 6~ PS .a~ *.,.q/ * 'A 4 If a Dr .1 .*- L.. I- I Hwever, yr find no basis to Increase the contract price u requested since bto contracting officer =ade award vithoat notice of 1 '0 9 9. 4..*. I t * * *y4 S

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