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B-183064 1 (1975-06-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadche0001 and id is 1 raw text is: THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL DEcISIlN . 2id . OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 FILE: B-183064 DATE: June 23,1975 MATTER OF: Joe Campbell Construction Co. DIGEST: 1. Contractor who alleged error in bid prior to award should have price increase for pipe omitted from worksheet calcu- lations, since supplier's quotation plus profit and over- head factor in worksheets support amount of omission; however, amount claimed for omission of costs of manholes and lids is denied, since it is not apparent from informa- tion contained in supplier's quotations how amount was calculated, but there would be no objection to price in- crease if contractor can establish omitted cost to satisfac- tion of contracting officer. 2. Claim for additional cost occasioned by contractor's decision to change from Armco Truss pipe, which it intended to install when it bid, to asbestos cement pipe, whic h it decided to use after contract was awarded, is denied, since it has been held that rule which permits bid correction upon establishment of evidence of mistake and intended bid does not extend to permitting recalculation of bid to in- clude factors not in mind when bid was submitted. Pursuant to a mistake in bid alleged before award, the Joe Campbell Construction Co. (Campbell) requests an $8,465 increase in its contract awarded under invitation for bids (IFB) No. IHS 346-3- 22-74, issued on February 22, 1974, by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Health Service and Mental Health Administration, Indian Health Service (IHS), Portland, Oregon. The IFB called for the construction of water and sewer exten- sions on the Fort Hall Indian Reservation, Idaho. A prebid confer- ence was scheduled on March 14, 1974, for all interested bidders having questions concerning the project. The IFB specifications allowed a bidder to specify the type of pipe material (from five permissible alternatives) it proposed to use in computing its bid - 1 -

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