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B-184087 1 (1975-09-16)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadcoy0001 and id is 1 raw text is: THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL DECISIONOF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON, D.C. 2054B FILE: B-184087 DATE: September 16, 1975 7S 57Z MATTER OF: Haber Aircraft Company, Inc. DIGEST: 1. In sale of surplus Government property, unused and in good condition, purchaser's bid modification by telegraph that was approximately 1.85 times next high bid, 3.4 times current market appraisal, and 5.18 percent of acquisition cost, did not place contracting officer on constructive notice of possible error in bid. 2. When telegraphic bid modifications are authorized by invitation and telegraph company timely notified con- tracting officer by telephone, later confirmed in writing, of bid modification to include additional items, contract- ing officer may properly consider bid as modified. Haber Aircraft Company, Inc. (Haber), has requested rescission of its contract awarded under a sealed bid sale of surplus air- craft components offered by the Defense Property Disposal Service, Memphis, Tennessee. Haber submitted a bid for numerous items. At the request of International Engine Parts, Inc., Haber modified its bid by telegraph, as authorized by the solicitation, to add bids for three other items including a bid of $1.02 each for item 301, turbine rotor blades. Notice of the modification was timely given to the contracting officer by telephone by the telegraph company and later confirmed in writing. The high bid of $38 was discarded as not responsive due to its lack of signature. Haber was awarded contract No. 31-5208-077, which included item 301, on February 7, 1975. Haber states that its bid for item 301 was intended to be $0.102 but was erroneously transmitted to the Defense Surplus Sales Office by the telegraph company. International's worksheet confirms that the bid it intended Haber to submit for it was $0.102. The range of the other bids received was from $0.55 to $0.00002. The total acquisition cost of the 10,000 rotor blades, which were described as unused and in good condition, was $196,800. The current market appraisal was $0.30 a unit. - 1 -

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