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B-184483 1 (1975-09-16)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadcpa0001 and id is 1 raw text is: - ~ THE COMPTFRDLLrERCNFA DE~~2~. '~ OF THE UR ,ITo STATE . EA/ASHINGTON, D. C. 20548 FILE: B-184483 CATE:September 16,1975 MATTER OF: Smith-Edwards-Dunlap Company 9 52 DIGEST: Contractor alleging mistake in bid after award is not entitled to price increase where contracting officer had no actual or constructive notice of mistake prior to award. Test as to significance of variances among bids in determining constructive notice of error is one of reasonableness. Variation of 5.6 percent between low and next low bid is not sufficient by itself to constitute constructive notice where broad range of bids are received. Smith-Edwards-Dunlap Company (SED) alleges that it made a mistake in its bid on United States Government Printing Office (GPO) Jacket 574-447 covering the production of 300,006 copies of a one-page poster-type form for the Department of Labor, entitled WHAT A FEDERAL EM1PLOYEE SHOULD DO WHEN INJURED AT WORK. The nine bids received on the GPO Jacket were as follows: 1. SED $2,169.00 2. Zabel Bros. Co., Inc. 2,291.00 3. Vitro Laboratories Div. 2,709.00 4. Compton Press, Inc. 2,938.31 5. The Wessel Co., Inc. 2,965.00 6. Ace Service Corp. 3,027.00 7. Hiney Printing Company 3,058.00 8. Tidewater Pub. Corp. 3,093.06 9. Lithography Service Corp. 3,220.00 Award was made to SED on May 19, 1975, and deliveries were completed on June 16, 1975. SED alleges that a mistake occurred in its bid because it inadvertently estimated the paper stock needed at one-half the actual amount. SED states that it discovered the mistake while reviewing its papers for billing purposes. - 1 -

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