B-184238: Jun 7, 1977

A company requested cancellation or modification of a contract for an aircraft engine. A dispute as to whether a contractor is required to perform a contract in accordance with its terms due to time delays and price increases must be pursued with the contracting agency, since it is not within GAO authority to intervene in disputes arising under a contract...

B-184238: Jun 7, 1977

DISPUTE WHETHER CONTRACTOR IS REQUIRED TO PERFORM CONTRACT IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITS TERMS DUE TO TIME DELAY AND PRICE INCREASES MUST BE PURSUED WITH CONTRACTING AGENCY. SINCE IT IS NOT WITHIN AUTHORITY OF GAO TO INTERVENE IN DISPUTES ARISING UNDER CONTRACT. THE MATTER WAS THE SUBJECT OF OUR DECISION. IN THE CITED DECISION WE HELD THAT THERE WAS NO BASIS TO INCREASE THE CONTRACT PRICE AS A RESULT OF...

B-184238: Jul 30, 1975

CONTRACTOR ALLEGING MISTAKE IN BID AFTER AWARD IS NOT ENTITLED TO PRICE INCREASE WHERE CONTRACTING OFFICER HAD NO ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE NOTICE OF MISTAKE PRIOR TO AWARD. VARIATION OF 13 PERCENT BETWEEN LOW AND NEXT LOW BID IS NOT SUFFICIENT BY ITSELF TO CONSTITUTE CONSTRUCTIVE NOTICE WHERE BROAD RANGE OF BIDS ARE RECEIVED. 2. CONTRACTOR IS NOT ENTITLED TO PRICE INCREASE WHERE COST OF PERFORMANCE...

B-184238: Jul 30, 1975

A contractor requested an increase in price under its contract and an increase in its costs for parts and freight. The contractor was not entitled to a price increase since the contracting officer was not on actual or constructive notice of the mistake prior to the award. A variation of 13 percent between the low and next low bid was not sufficient byitself to constitute constructive notice where...