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B-186665 1 (1976-07-22)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadcwa0001 and id is 1 raw text is: DECISION .'I FILE: B-186665 0%,LER C THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON, D.C.20549 DATE: J1ily 22, 1076 MATTER OF: Wallace Business Forms, Inc. /11 DIGEST: Bidder's request for contract modification to remedy alleged mistake in bid due to misunderstanding by bidder of labeling requirement cannot be granted since contract- ing officer was not on actual notice or on constructive notice of the possibility of an error prior to award since bid price was only 7 percent lower than second low bid and was higher than the price of the previous printing. This decision involves a mistake in bid by Wallace Business Forms, Inc. (Wallace), alleged after award by the Government Printing Office (GPO) of a contract for the production of 250,000 compliance inspection report forms. GPO solicited bids for the contract from 20 firms and received 12 bids, the lowest five of which were as follows: Bid Wallace Business Forms, Inc. Datafold Forms, Inc.. Associated Printers Lewis Business Forms Ribner Business Forms $8,515.00 $9,165.00 $9,455.00 $9,625.00 $9,730.50 Price per thousand $34.06 $36.66 $37.82 $38.50 $38.92 The remaining seven bids ranged from $10,167.00 to $16,192.50. The cost of the previous printing (11 months prior) was $33.49 per thousand. Wallace alleges that it erred in the preparation of its bid by failing to include the price of affixing a label required by the solicitation. It alleges that its correct price per thousand should have been $38.46, for a total price of $9,615.00. - 1 -

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