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B-190502 1 (1977-11-30)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadfks0001 and id is 1 raw text is: ?Pk i)lips THE COMPTROLLER 0ENERAL DECISION . 2 . oF THE UNITEC STATES WASHINSTON. D.C. 20540 Lt1 FILE: B-190502 DATE: November 30, 1977 MATTER OF: Farboil 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 bid pricevere asrertainable from invita- tion and bid itself. By letter dated October 18, 1977, the General Counsel, Genera'-. Services Administration (GSA), requested an advance decision from our Office in connection with GSA's recommendation that Farboil Company of Baltimore, Maryland (Farboil), bu allowed to correct an alloged mistake in item 11a of its bid submitted in response ti GSA solicitation No. 10PR-ZSS-6227. The subject solicitation requested bids for sunply require- ments for various GSA. supply depots for ntifouling paint, FSC 8010. The supplies were classified in 16 groups of items and awards were to be made item-by-i:em, on the basis of the Government's estimated peak monthly requirements, the low bidder to be determined by multi- plying the unit price submaitted on each item by the estimated quantity specified and adding the resulting extansions. Item 11a covered 300 gallons of antifouling paint, NSN-8010- 00-753-4945, for delivery to Norfolk, Virginia. Opening date was July 20, 1977, and six bids were received. The apparent low bid of $192,400 for item 11 was submitted by Seaguard Corporation, Portsmouth, Virginia (Seaguard). The contracting officer states that subsequent to bid opening she reviewed the bids and concluded that there existed a possibility of a mistake in Farboil's bid. By letter of July 28, 1977, Farboil was requested to.verify its price and, if there was a mistake, to submit conclusive evidence establishing the validity of the error. Iu its latter of August 1, 1977, Farboil 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 furatsh -l1 -

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