AN INCONSISTENCY BETWEEN THE BID SCHEDULE TOTAL AND THE UNIT PRICE SCHEDULE TOTAL DOES NOT CREATE AN AMBIGUOUS BID WHEN THE ELEMENTS MAKING UP THE UNIT PRICES ARE PART OF THE REQUIRED BID PACKAGE. THE PROTEST IS DENIED. BROWN & TACKE: REFERENCE IS MADE TO YOUR LETTER DATED DECEMBER 3. IS CONTRARY TO OUR DECISION AT 49 COMP. INITIALLY WE MUST POINT OUT THAT THE SENTENCES QUOTED IN YOUR LETTER ARE T...

CORRECTION OF A MISTAKE IN BID IS PERMITTED. ALTHOUGH THE CORRECTED BID WILL DISPLACE AN OTHERWISE LOW BIDDER. IF THE EXISTENCE OF THE MISTAKE AND THE BID ACTUALLY INTENDED ARE ASCERTAINABLE SUBSTANTIALLY FROM THE INVITATION AND THE BID ITSELF. 095 WHICH IS CLEARLY SUPPORTED BY ARITHMETIC. BECAUSE THE INTENDED BID WAS CLEARLY DETERMINED FROM THE MATERIAL SUBMITTED WITH THE BID PACKAGE. CORRECTION...