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B-183632 1 (1975-07-01)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadcxp0001 and id is 1 raw text is: C THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL DECISI N OF THE UNITED STATES Z7 VA HISH IN GTON D.C. 2 0 5 4 8 N ITLO FILE: B-183632 DATE: July 1,1975 MATTER OF: Allied Printers & Publishers DIGEST: Request for relief based on error in bid alleged after verification of $7,693 bid price and award is denied, since, as bid was on lump-sum basis, there was nothing to put contracting officer on notice of error other than difference in bid prices and contract- ing officer fulfilled verification duty prior to accept- ance by calling to bidder's attention difference between its bid and $8,798 next low bid. Allied Printers & Publishers (Allied), has requested relief from an alleged error in its bid under Jacket No. 566-878 issued by the United States Government Printing Office (GPO) for 43,000 three-pocket folders. The following bids were received in response to the solicita- tion and opened on January 27, 1975: Allied $7,693 Pearl Pressman 8,798 A.B. Cowles 12,842 A.L. Garber 17,160 McDaniel Co. 18,500 The bid of Pearl Pressman was late but was considered under the late bid provisions. On January 28, 1975, the contracting officer telephoned the individual who signed the Allied bid and according to Allied advised that the bid was approximately $800 below the next low bid and requested confirmation of the bid price. The bid was confirmed orally and in writing by the individual who signed the bid. After award, Allied alleged that an error had occurred in the preparation of the bid. It appears from the record that the contract was bid by a salesman of Allied in Dallas, Texas, who - 1 -

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