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B-193148 1 (1979-02-12)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadgxr0001 and id is 1 raw text is: THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL DECISIONl . 7J. OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON, D. C. 20546 FILE: B-193148 DATE: February 12, 1979 MATTER OF: Maintenance, Incorporated DIGEST: /01M/o Telegraphic modification of .bid which states Please reduce prompt payment discount to read 15 percent, 20 days, where bid previously offered 6-percent discount, rendered bid ambiguous and nonresponsive because of inconsistency between reduce 15-percent figure in modification and already lower 6- percent figure in bid. Maintenance Incorporated (MI) has protested the rejection of its bid by the United States Army Corps of Engineers under invitation for bids (IFB) No. DACW01- 78-B-0150. The IFB was for cleaning and refuse removal at Alabama River Lakes, Camden, Alabama, and four bids were received in response thereto. MI's bid, as initially submitted, was $98,412. with a 6-percent, prompt-payment discount for 20 days, or $92,507.28 as evaluated. The day before bid opening, MI sent a telegraphic modification of its bid to the contracting officer which read as follows: Please reduce prompt payment discount to read 15 percent, 20 calendar days. Applying a 15-percent, prompt-payment discount to MI's bid, the evaluated total is $83,650, which was the low bid received. The next low bid was submitted by Edward E. Davis Contracting, Inc. (Davis), in the amount of $84,690.19. On October 3, 1978, Davis protested to the contract- ing officer the acceptance of MI's on the basis that the

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