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B-194056 1 (1979-02-22)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadgye0001 and id is 1 raw text is: THE COMPTROLLERGE RA DECISION AtJ t . OF THE UNITED BTATES WASH INGTON , D.C . 2004 9 FILE: B-194056 DATE: February 22, 1979 MATTER OF: Ohiocraft Printing, Inc. DIGEST: Request for mod fLcat 1 of a btract prcd u e to-allcged: &ror in bid ci fr di claime teawar cann eallowe since a1dand ngacon ract res Tedw here contracting officer adeqWMER1y disctqrged his bid verifi- cation Iddty bycalling Eo bidder's attenn * i varigncejin bids received and requested confirmation of low bid which bidder verified. The Gove rnment'Printing.Offtle (GPO) has submitted for our decison f h Ocraft Printing, Inc.. (Ohick craft),,requ'st f 6reformation of a contract (purcha'se ordeir No. -1663) because -of a4midstake in its bid alleged after award. Thec6ntract is 'to produce 130,000 20th Decennial Census-1980 pamphlets of 58 pages plus cover stands for Ehe Department of Commerce. Sd a op 'ing-d te, October 3, 1978, three bids werekreceivedgeonsisting fphio'craft's low bid at $45 350 andrthe other two,5 s of-$73,295 and $80,124. Because its:bid was significantly lower than the others, the 'nSracting officer infdrmed Ohiodraft of .the dis- parity ;tnd inquired.synether the submitted bid was correct. A representative of:tbiocraft confirmed its bid price by telephone and this was confirmed in a letter dated Octo- ber 3, 1978. The award was made to Ohiocraft on October 4, 1978, inothe amountgof $45..35.0. By letter dated November 14, 1978, OhiocraftX inQ-r:'red the contracting officer that it had made a mistbh: :in its-bid. Ohiocraft thereafter submitted evidence as requiIed by Federal Procurement Regulat-4ons (FPR) S 1-2.406-4. (1964 ed.) to show how the error occurred. According to Ohiocraft, thie

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