Proposed Deletion of Item From Sales Contract

The agency recommended that a surplus sales contract be modified by the deletion of one item. Where the mistake in bid was alleged after award and the bid for the item contained a discrepancy between the unit price and the total price, the contracting officer was on actual and/or constructive notice of the mistake and should have requested verification of the bid prior to award. There was no objection to the agency's recommendation that the item be deleted from the contract.