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B-189168 1 (1977-11-30)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadfkt0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 0TH COMP'TROI.LER GENERAL DECIEI3ON . ''F% . OF THE5 UNITWD LTATE5 WASHINGTON. D. C. 20M40 FILE: B-189168 DATE:.-November 30, 1977 MATTER OF: Reaction Instruments, Inc. j DIGEST: 1. WhLere the only basis contracting officer has for suspecting error in bid is disparity with other bid and Government estimats, request for reformation of contract due to sileged mistake in bid claimed after award cannot be allowed where contracting officer adequately discharged bid verification duty by calling to biddec's attention variance between its bid and only other bid. 2. Contract is not unconscionable whera difference between low bid and Government estimate is not so great that Government can be said to be obviously getting something for nothing' and nothing in record suggests that the Government realized it ws getting something for nothing, in view of low bidder's technical approach and manufacturing process, On the basis of mistakes In bid alleged after award. Reaction Instruments, Inc. (Reaction), requests rformation of its contract, No. DOT-FA75WA-3645, issued by the Federal Aviation Administrationk (FAA), W&shington, D. C. Reaction's vice preuide.t was present at the bid opening on April 1, 1975, when Reaction submitted the low bid of $429,OOC for a quantity of 60 Doppler VOR ' Latributor assaemblies, on-site spares and other support Items. Thu anly other bid wais submitted by Wilcox Electric, Inc. (Wilcox), for $1,299,999. And although FAA had an estimate for the contract of $543,850, this estimate was never revealed to the bidders by the contracting officer. At bid opening, the contractig officer noted the great disparity between the two bids and orally ra'uested Reaction to review its bid prices. Later that same day, Reaction's vice president informed the contracting officer by telephone that Reaction's prices were correct. However, on April 3, J975, the contracting officer made v further request in writing for price verification of the bid prices. Reaction replied in writing on April 4, 1975, and stated that the prices under the subject solicitation remain valid. I I

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