B-123539, DEC. 26, 1957
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TO THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY: REFERENCE IS MADE TO YOUR LETTER OF NOVEMBER 14. WHEREIN YOU WERE ADVISED THAT. WHERE ERRORS ARE ALLEGED BY CONTRACTORS AFTER ACCEPTANCE. AUTHORITY IS HEREBY GRANTED TO HANDLE MISTAKE-IN-BID CASES ARISING OUT OF THE DISPOSAL OF PERSONAL PROPERTY IN THE SAME MANNER AS PROCUREMENT CONTRACTS APPROVED BY OUR LETTERS OF JULY 26.
B-123539, DEC. 26, 1957
TO THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
REFERENCE IS MADE TO YOUR LETTER OF NOVEMBER 14, 1957, RELATIVE TO OUR LETTERS OF JULY 26, 1955, AND JANUARY 6, 1956, B-123539, WHEREIN YOU WERE ADVISED THAT, SUBJECT TO CERTAIN CONDITIONS, OUR OFFICE WOULD NOT OBJECT TO A PROCEDURE IN THE PROCUREMENT OF SUPPLIES FOR DETERMINING ADMINISTRATIVELY THE ACTION THAT SHOULD BE TAKEN REGARDING ERRORS ALLEGED AFTER ACCEPTANCE BY THE GOVERNMENT OF AN OFFER.
YOU STATE THAT YOU BELIEVE THE SAME CONSIDERATIONS EXIST IN CASES ARISING OUT OF SALES OF GOVERNMENT PROPERTY AND YOU, THEREFORE, REQUEST APPROVAL OF THE APPLICATION OF THE REFERRED TO PROCEDURE, SUBJECT TO THE SAME LIMITATIONS, TO CASES INVOLVING THE SALE OF GOVERNMENT PROPERTY, WHERE ERRORS ARE ALLEGED BY CONTRACTORS AFTER ACCEPTANCE.
AUTHORITY IS HEREBY GRANTED TO HANDLE MISTAKE-IN-BID CASES ARISING OUT OF THE DISPOSAL OF PERSONAL PROPERTY IN THE SAME MANNER AS PROCUREMENT CONTRACTS APPROVED BY OUR LETTERS OF JULY 26, 1955, AND JANUARY 6, 1956, SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS STATED IN THOSE LETTERS.