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B-185340 1 (1976-02-10)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaddqq0001 and id is 1 raw text is: . 0 O~LLER C THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL DIECISION ~OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON. O.C. 20548 FILE: B-185340 DATE: February 10, 1976 MATTER OF: Boise Cascade Envelope Division DIGEST: Request for modification of contract price due to alleged error in bid claimed after award cannot be allowed since valid and binding contract resulted where due to nature of suspected mistake contracting officer adequately discharged bid verification duty by calling to bidders attention variance in bids received and requested confirmation of low bid which bidder verified. Pursuant to a mistake in bid alleged after award, the Boise Cascade Envelope Division (Boise Cascade) requests modification of its contract awarded under jacket (IFB) No. 682-033 issued by the Denver Regional Printing Procurement Office, United States Government Printing Office (GPO). The IFB soliciting bids for the production of 240,000 envelopes was sent to fifteen firms. Boise Cascade's bid of $2,613.60 was the lowest received from the six firms responding at the October 16, 1975, bid opening. The remaining bids received were: $3,504.00, $3,780.00, $4,396.80, $5,589.60, and $7,771.20. On October 28, 1975, the contracting officer requested Boise Cascade to review its bid and verify its intended price. After verification, the contract was awarded to Boise Cascade on October 29, 1975. On November 5, 1975, Boise Cascade claimed that its quoted price of $2,613.60 ($10.89 per thousand less 5 percent - 20 day prompt payment discount) was in error due to the inadvertent omission of some raw material costs. It contended that the company's basic cost for performance (including the omitted materials) was $17.10 per thousand ($4,104), and in view thereof, it should have submitted a bid of $19.85 per thousand ($4,764.00) to perform the contract. In order to reduce the amount of its -1 -

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