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Clerical Error Causes Bid to Be Rejected

B-187288: Nov 9, 1976

A company protested the rejection of its apparent low bid for landing system receivers because of a clerical error inserting N/A next to the item price. The bid must be rejected since error could be interpreted two ways, making it impossible to contractually bind bidder...

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B-187288, NOVEMBER 9, 1976, 56 COMP.GEN. 83

B-187288: Nov 9, 1976

BIDS - MISTAKES - NONRESPONSIVE BIDS - CORRECTION IMPROPER MISTAKE-IN-BID PROCEDURES ARE NOT APPLICABLE TO CORRECT A NONRESPONSIVE OR AMBIGUOUS BID IN ORDER TO MAKE IT RESPONSIVE. BIDS - OMISSIONS - FAILURE TO BID ON ALL ITEMS NOTATION "N/A" NEXT TO INVITATION FOR BIDS ITEM FOR WHICH PRICE IS REQUIRED CAN REASONABLY BE INTERPRETED THAT BID PRICE IS NOT APPLICABLE OR THAT BID PRICE DOES NOT INCLUDE...

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