B-182687: Feb 4, 1975

USE OF WRONG BIDDING SCHEDULE RATHER THAN NEW BIDDING SCHEDULE INCORPORATED IN IFB BY AMENDMENT WHICH REDUCED ESTIMATED QUANTITY OF EXCAVATION WORK MAY NOT BE CORRECTED BY APPLYING UNIT PRICE TO REDUCED ESTIMATED QUANTITY TOTAL SINCE TO DO SO WOULD DISPLACE ANOTHER BIDDER AND INTENDED BID CANNOT BE ASCERTAINED FROM BID AND INVITATION AND THERE IS NOTHING IN BID OR INVITATION TO ESTABLISH THAT BID...

B-182687: Feb 4, 1975

The protester objected to the agency's refusal to permit the correction or waiver of a mistake in its bid. The use of the wrong bidding schedule in the invitation rather than the new bidding schedule incorporated by an amendment which reduced the estimated quantity of work could not be waived or corrected as a minor informality or irregularity since correction of the error would displace another b...