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B-184603 1 (1976-07-28)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaddjv0001 and id is 1 raw text is: * ~ ~.THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL DECISION . & OF THE UNITED STATES W ASHINGTON. D. C. 20548 FILE: B-184603 DATE: July 28, 1976 q g9 MATTER OF: Rix Industries, Inc.--Reconsideration DIGEST: 1. Protesting bidder's.argument that contracting officer improperly slighted supposed IFB definition of total price in interpreting what bidder meant by phrase-- deduct $14,380 from total price-- is based on unacceptabe premise: That bidders always intend IFB meaning of words voluntarily written into bids. 2. Unless it is clear from submitted bid that bidder intended only IFB meaning of commonly used words inserted into bid, it cannot be assumed that IFB meaning was intended instead of dictionary meaning of words. 3. Dictionary definition of word total means product of addition: sum; consequently, under definition, expression total price, as written into bid can only mean protesting bidder's aggregate price for both items rather than bidder's item price which is product of multiplication. 4. Contracting officer's use of dictionary definition of word total to interpret meaning of phrase total price which bidder inserted into bid was reasonable absent other evidence in protester's bid that company intended only supposed IFB meaning of phrase total price. 5. Only evidence advanced by protesting bidder to support view that bidder intended only supposed IFB definition of phrase total price which bidder inserted into bid are IFB provisions common to all submitted bids. Provisions are evidence of definition intended by drafter of IFB only, rather than evidence of bidder's intention. - 1 -

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