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B-189140 1 (1977-11-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadfij0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I P TWN COMPTMCLLUW USNERAL ' D ISION *rP THE UNITED WTATEE N, 1WAS&1INrToN, 0.C, 2o54e tkTE FILE: B MATTER OF: -190502 DATE: November 30, 19'f7 Parboil Company OIGEST: Bidder allowed to correct error after opening of bids even though corrected bid became lowest bid and displaced another bid which had been low since mistake and intended hid price um ascertainable from invita- tion and bid itself. By letter dated October 18, 1977, the General Counsel, General Services Administration (GSA), requested an advance decision from our Office in connection with GSA's recommendation that Farboil Company of Baltimore., Maryland (Parboil), be allowed to correct an alleged mistake in item 11a of iti bid submitted in response to GSA solicitation No. 1OPR-ZSS-6227. The subject solicitatina requested bids for supply require- ments for various GSA supply depote for antifouling paint, FSC 8010. The supplies were elissified in 16 groups of items and awards were to be made item-by-item, on the basis'of the Government's estirated peak mdnthly requirements, the low bidder to be determined by wulti- plying the unit price submitted on each item by the estimated quantity specified and adding the rtsulting exteneions. Item ila covered 300 gallons of antifouliug paint, NSN-8010- 00-753-4945, for delivery to Norfolk, Virginia. Opening date was July 20, 1977, and six bide were received. The apparent low bid of $152,400 for item 11 was submitted by Seaguard Corporation, PortsmouTh, Virginia (Seaguard). The c>ntractiz officer states Eiiat subsequent to bid opening she revien'ed the bids and. concluded hat there existed a possibility of a mistake in Farboil's bid. By ietter of July 28, 1977, Farboil was requested to'.erify its price and' if there was a mistake, to submit conclusive evidence establishing the validity of the error. In it. letter of August 1, 1977, Parboil stated that its unit price for item 11a should have been $15.14, rather than $75.70 as shown on its bid. Farboil was again contacted and requested to furnioh -1I- I.. A -9-i I

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