B-154792, OCT. 13, 1967
Highlights
000 ERROR MAY HAVE BID CORRECTED BY $9. STEWART: REFERENCE IS MADE TO YOUR LETTER OF OCTOBER 6. FOUR BIDS WERE RECEIVED UNDER THE INVITATION. THE THREE OTHER BIDS WERE $68. YOU STATE THAT THE JAMSAR BID WAS $13. WAS TYPED ON THE BID FORM AND AS IT WAS SUBMITTED AT THE LAST MOMENT. NO FINAL CHECK OF THE BID FORM WAS MADE. THE WORKSHEETS SHOW THAT THE PROJECT WAS ESTIMATED AT $62. YOUR OFFICE DISCOVERED THAT IN BRINGING THE SUBTOTALS TOGETHER FROM THE SEVERAL SHEETS ONE ITEM WAS CARRIED FORWARD AT $5. IT IS REPORTED THAT JAMSAR HAS CONSENTED TO CORRECTION OF ITS BID BY AN INCREASE OF $9. IF THE JAMSAR BID IS INCREASED BY $9. ITS BID WILL AMOUNT TO $61. 430 WHICH IS $6.
B-154792, OCT. 13, 1967
BIDS - MISTAKES - CORRECTION DECISION TO ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL CONCERNING MISTAKE IN BID OF JAMSAR, INC. FOR CONSTRUCTION OF SIDEWALKS. LOW BIDDER WHO, AFTER DISPARITY BETWEEN BID PRICE AND ESTIMATE BROUGHT TO HIS ATTENTION, ALLEGED TYPOGRAPHICAL ERROR OF $10,000 AND SUBMITTED WORKSHEETS INDICATING $9,000 ERROR MAY HAVE BID CORRECTED BY $9,000 SINCE INCREASE STILL MAKES BID LESS THAN THAT OF NEXT LOW BIDDER AND WORKSHEETS SUBSTANTIALLY ESTABLISH INTENDED BID PRICE.
TO MR. STEWART:
REFERENCE IS MADE TO YOUR LETTER OF OCTOBER 6, 1967, REQUESTING A DECISION WHETHER AN ERROR IN A BID SUBMITTED BY JAMSAR, INC., IN RESPONSE TO AN INVITATION FOR BIDS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF PERIMETER SIDEWALKS AROUND THE UNDERGROUND GARAGES IN SQUARES 637 AND 691 MAY BE CORRECTED.
FOUR BIDS WERE RECEIVED UNDER THE INVITATION. JAMSAR SUBMITTED THE LOWEST BID IN THE AMOUNT OF $52,430. THE THREE OTHER BIDS WERE $68,000, $73,737 AND $75,300. YOU STATE THAT THE JAMSAR BID WAS $13,000 LESS THAN THE ESTIMATE OF YOUR OFFICE FOR THE WORK.
UPON HAVING THE DISPARITY IN ITS BID BROUGHT TO ITS ATTENTION, JAMSAR ADVISED THAT DUE TO A MISUNDERSTANDING AND SUBSEQUENT TYPOGRAPHICAL ERROR THE AMOUNT OF $52,430, INSTEAD OF $62,430, WAS TYPED ON THE BID FORM AND AS IT WAS SUBMITTED AT THE LAST MOMENT, NO FINAL CHECK OF THE BID FORM WAS MADE. AS EVIDENCE THAT IT INTENDED TO BID $62,430, JAMSAR FURNISHED ITS WORKSHEETS SUPPORTED BY AN AFFIDAVIT. THE WORKSHEETS SHOW THAT THE PROJECT WAS ESTIMATED AT $62,689 AND THEN REDUCED TO $62,430 FOR BIDDING PURPOSES.
IN CHECKING THE WORKSHEETS, YOUR OFFICE DISCOVERED THAT IN BRINGING THE SUBTOTALS TOGETHER FROM THE SEVERAL SHEETS ONE ITEM WAS CARRIED FORWARD AT $5,250 INSTEAD OF $4,250. IN VIEW THEREOF, IT IS REPORTED THAT JAMSAR HAS CONSENTED TO CORRECTION OF ITS BID BY AN INCREASE OF $9,000 INSTEAD OF $10,000.
IF THE JAMSAR BID IS INCREASED BY $9,000, ITS BID WILL AMOUNT TO $61,430 WHICH IS $6,570 LESS THAN THE NEXT LOW BID. ACCORDINGLY, AND SINCE THE EVIDENCE FURNISHED SUBSTANTIALLY ESTABLISHES THE INTENDED BID, IT MAY BE CORRECTED TO $61,430. SEE B-149320 DATED JULY 13, 1962, TO YOU.