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B-183380 1 (1975-06-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadchg0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 0%A.FR THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL DECISION OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON, D .C. 20546 FILE: B-183380 DATE: June 23,1975 MATTER OF: Ace Window Cleaning Co. DIGEST: Although contracting officer should have been on notice of possibility of error in low bid because of great disparity with only other bid and prior year's contract price, and should have verified bid, increase in contract price which would correct error, by recalculation based upon factors not considered in original bid is not allowed. Contract may be rescinded and payment on a quantum meruit basis allowed for reasonable value of services performed. Solicitation No. 556-45-75 was issued by the Veterans Administra- tion (VA) for washing and cleaning the exterior surfaces of 1,229 windows on each of two occasions at its Downey, Illinois, hospital. Ace Window Cleaning Co. (Ace) submitted a low aggregate bid of $2,300 and was awarded Contract V556P-1498. The only other bid received for both cleanings was $7,964. About 1 month after award, Ace verbally advised the contracting officer that it had made an error in its bid price. Ace explained that its original bid was based on its ability to clean the exterior surfaces of 20 windows per hour by crossing from window to window outside the building. However, due to the type of windows existing at the hospital, each window must be exited and reentered for cleaning and each window must be cranked open and closed two times during the cleaning. This method requires a man inside the building to assist two men who do the actual cleaning. Ace calculates that, therefore, it can clean only 10 or 11, rather than 20, windows per hour. In requesting our decision on this matter, the Director, Supply Service, VA, recommends that Ace be allowed an increase in contract price to $4,400 which Ace calculates as the correct price for the two cleanings. The recommendation is based on the fact that, prior to award, the contracting officer should have, but failed, to verify the low bid of Ace because of the difference between the two bids, particularly since the last contract price for exterior and interior window washing for Fiscal Year 1973 was $10,122. - 1

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