B-185954: Jun 10, 1976

FAILURE WAS NOT APPARENT CLERICAL MISTAKE UNDER ASPR SEC. 2-406.2. SINCE BID PRICE WAS SUBMITTED IN LUMP SUM AND NATURE OF POSSIBLE MISTAKE COULD NOT BE ASCERTAINED FROM BID. 2. CLEAR AND CONVINCING EVIDENCE OF INTENDED BID PRICE DOES NOT EXIST WHERE BIDDER DID NOT INTEND TO INCLUDE TRANSPORTATION COSTS IN BID SUBMITTED AND WHERE MORE THAN ONE PRICE FOR COSTS COULD HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN BID. F6550...

B-185954: Jun 10, 1976

The protester objected to the agency's determination that it could withdraw its bid but could not correct it. The low bidder did not calculate the transportation costs and include them in the bid price; the failure was not an apparent clerical mistake since the bid price was submitted in a lump sum and the nature of the possible mistake could not be ascertained from the bid. Clear and convincing e...