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B-187237 1 (1976-09-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadcyd0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I. THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL DECISIOl OF THE UNITED STATES WASH IN GTON, D .C. 20548 FILE: B-187237 DATE: September 23, 1976 MATTER OF: J. J. Englert Company, Inc. V7 7 DIGEST: Contractor's allegation of unilateral mistake in bid after award does not provide basis for contract adjustment since valid and binding contract resulted when bidder verified bid after contracting officer requested verification and indicated variation in bids received. Contracting officer's recommenda- tion that contract be canceled not adopted. On the basis of a mistake in bid alleged after award, J. J. Englert Company, Inc. (Englert) requests modification of its con- tract awarded under invitation for bids (IFB) No. 581-12-76 issued by the Veterans Administration Hospital (VA), Huntington, West Virginia. The IFB, issued May 14, 1976 solicited bids for two items: (1) furnishing and installing windows and screens, and (2) furnish- ing'and installing doors and frames. Three bids were timely received on June 21; one was rejected for failure to acknowledge an amendment. The two remaining were Englert's bid of $45,709 for Item No. 1 and $13,278 for Item No. 2 for a total price of $58,987, and another bid of $77,045 for Item No. 1 and $36,791 for Item No. 2 for a total bid price of $113,836. The Government estimate for the work was $65,444. Because of the difference in prices, the contracting officer requested written verification of the Englert bid. Englert specifically asked for and was given the prices in the other bid under consideration. The contracting officer was then assured that the bid was correct. The bid was again confirmed the next day, June 22, 1976, when the contracting officer called to make sure the written verification requested the prior day would be sent. By letter dated June 24, 1976, Englert again verified that its price of $58,987 for the two items was correct and was awarded contract No. V581C-129 on June 29, 1976. - 1 -

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