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B-270073 1 (1996-02-06)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptadwb0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: Maple Construction Co., Inc. File: B-270073 Date: February 6, 1996 Goutam Dalal, Maple Construction Co., Inc., for the protester. Cynthia S. Guill, Esq., Department of the Navy, for the agency. Charles W. Morrow, Esq., and Guy R. Pietrovito, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Agency properly allowed the correction of a mistake in the awardee's low bid where the awardee presented clear and convincing evidence of the existence of the mistake and of the intended bid price, within a narrow range of uncertainty, and the bid remained low. DECISION Maple Construction Co., Inc. protests the award of a contract to Dunn Electric Co., Inc., under invitation for bids (IFB) No. N62477-94-B-0213, issued by the Department of the Navy, for security lighting. Maple contends that the Navy improperly permitted Dunn to correct a mistake in its apparent low bid. We deny the protest. The Navy issued the IFB on August 3, 1995, to obtain a contractor to improve the security lighting system at Henderson Hall, Arlington, Virginia. At bid opening on September 6, 1995, the Navy received eight bids, including Dunn's apparent low bid of $150,150 and Maple's next low bid of $197,000. The government estimate for the project was $207,000. On September 14, Dunn informed the Navy that its bid contained a mistake. Dunn explained that the error occurred in a line item subtotal where instead of subtracting the amount of $788 from $3,521.89 for a total of $2,733.89, it subtracted 788 percent from $3,521.89 for a total of -$24,230.60. Dunn stated that the correct total of its bid should have been $184,841 (including standard mark-ups). Dunn furnished certified computer-generated worksheets in support of the mistake, claiming that the 788 percent was an input error made to the computer program. Dunn asked that it be allowed to correct its bid. 120226

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