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B-190295 1 (1977-10-12)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadfen0001 and id is 1 raw text is: FILE: B-190295 MATTER OF: I, DIGEST: 1. Bid bond in amount of 10 percent rather than required 20 percent of bid price renders bid nonresponsive because amount of guarantee was not equal to or greater than the difference between price stated in bid and next higher acceptaole,bid, notvith- standing that difference resulted from surety's typographical error. Mistake may not be corrected to make nonrespon3ive bid responsive, and may .ut be waived. Protest in tial that it is summarily denied submission demonstr is not entitled to because protester's ates affirmatively relief. Alaska Industrial Coating protests the anticipated rejection of its bid submitted under IFB DAKF 70-77-B- 0122, issued by Fort Richardson, Alaska (Army). The protester indicates that it submitted tha low bid in responsc to the solicitation, in the amount of $79,584.00, that the second low bid was in excess of $91,000.00, but that as a result of an inadvertent typographical error the bid bond furnished was in the amount of 10 percent of the bid price, not 20 percent as required by the solicitation. The protester has been advised by the Army that its bid will be rejected due to this discrepancy. The protester urges that the Army waive the defi- ciency as merely involving ar informality. In this connection the surety has admitted that the error was its faUlt, and that it is ready and willing to issue a performance bond in the required amount. Moreover, counsel asserts, the Government would save approximately $12,000 if the deficiency is waived. We believe the issue presented may be decided oil the basis of the protester's initial submission and with- out further development pursuant to our protest proce- dures, 4 C.F.R. 20 et seg. (1977), because the documents - 1- LI -jI I I THE COMPTROLLER GEN1RAL CF THE UNITED UTATUS V/ AB}H INTON, 0.0.0S40 DATE: October 12, 1977 Alaska Industrial Coating C\) 071 2 . 14 I

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