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B-194380 1 (1979-04-17)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadhdf0001 and id is 1 raw text is: . THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL DECISION . . OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON, D. C. 20548 I~ T 96 FILE:B-194380 DATE: April 17, 1979 MATTER OF:Department of the Interior 1. Where due to substantial difference between low bid and next low bid con- tracting officer advises low bidder of difference and possibility of error in bid and where low bidder nonetheless verifies its bid price to be correct, contract awarded to low bidder is valid and binding on parties to contract. 2. Relief for mistake in bid alleged after award may not be granted on basis of unconscionability where second high bid was approximately 78 percent higher. Invitation for bids No. FWS-4-78-106 was issued by the Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, for the procurement of lumber and timber materials. Prospective bidders were advised in the invitation that the estimated cost range for the materials was over $100,000. The following bids were received: Southern Wood Piedmont Company R. H. Whelan Company American Creosate Works Inc. Atlantic Wood Industries Inc. $ 54,349.54 95,986.00 124,963.60 158,230.00 The day after bid opening, September 22, 1978, the contracting officer called the low bidder and ad- vised it that because its bid was considerably lower than the next low bid he was required to ask that the correctness of the bid price be confirmed. On September 25 the low bidder confirmed its bid price. 5_*

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