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B-187718 1 (1976-12-15)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadehr0001 and id is 1 raw text is: N&vflynn Satan CTHW OMPTrhLLEN UENNAL CClISN .e rop'TU UNIUEv STATUS WA'SIINUTONi, D.O. CUE'45 PILEm: 3-o07:1 MATTER1 OF: ATE: hsembw is, 1076 Uureau of Rseclmaion, Departmat of the Interior DI WEBT: When auatake in bid was 'dua rolely 'o misuv- derstanding between bidder ad ±t4 ' plier, valid contraut is created by acceptlkce. Con- tract may not be rescinded as uncouscionabl§ mimce mistaks was not so'Xgreat that Goverament obviously is getting tioauthing t'ur ntfligLS. Termisation for cvnreiiencw is not rsecumended staice 2hat piovision is daigned primarily for Governmet's 'benefit and no, as means for re- lieving contractcrs from burnden of contrecc performance. The Department of Interior has requested a decision by this Office as to whether a Bureau of Reclamtion eon.- tract awarded' to Notta aclfic Lumber Company (?krth Pacific) of Portland, Oregon, may Ie rescinded or taruinathd for 2onveniencs on grounds of a mistake in the price bid due to a asuaderetandint bc:ween the contractir and its supplier. The oraect, K. 14-0670 8486, covering lainated wood croasarms for paver trans. sion lins was awarded to North !Pacifie on July'723, 1976, 'or $22,140. On July 30, 1976,'North Psaific advised 'the contractins offlrter that its bid had been b sed Csion its supplier's quotai.ion for solid wood crossarms and ibat the correct bid price for laminated croatsaims voult be $47,000. TheDepartment of Interior recutmends rescission offihs contx'?ct as unc6nscionabIe, or alternatively, tcrnLnation for coreniencer au in the best interest of the Government. rlhe,-record shows 'that invitation for bids (IFB NP. 6-01-0456-was-iaud by the Bureau 13f Reclamation's Lover Missouri kegion on June 28, 1976. It soughtbids 'for'200.- each Crossarms, Douglas Fir, laminated. * * * and Drawing * A * in 21 'sand 25 foot lengths, to be delivered FOB Mills, Wyoming. The upacifications stated *1 - I.. I rrj r 0 i Proc. II '-V - - - - -I-... 'I 11 .

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