Skip Navigation
Advanced Search

U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO)

  • Reports & Testimonies
  • Bid Protests &
    Appropriations Law
  • Key Issues
  • About GAO
  • Careers
  • Multimedia
  • Resources
    • Presidential and Congressional Transition
    • For Congress
    • For Journalists
    • For Auditors
    • For Federal Managers
    • For Researchers
    • Center for Audit Excellence

The report you requested was not found, or there is more than one product with this report number. Please select from this list of similar report numbers.


B-187488, OCTOBER 22, 1976
https://www.gao.gov/products/426531

B-187488: Oct 22, 1976

CONTRACTOR ALLEGES MISTAKE IN BID PRICE WHICH WAS ONLY 7 PERCENT LOWER THAN GOVERNMENT ESTIMATE AND 12 PERCENT LOWER THAN NEXT LOWEST BID. SUCH DISPARITIES WERE NOT SO GREAT AS TO HAVE PLACED CONTRACTING OFFICER ON CONSTRUCTIVE NOTICE OF POSSIBILITY OF MISTAKE AND NO RELIEF MAY BE GRANTED FROM VALID AND BINDING CONTRACT. WHICH WAS NOT DISCOVERED UNTIL AFTER IT WAS AWARDED CONTRACT NO. THE GOVERNME...

  • html report icon View Decision (HTML)
Request for Relief from Government Contract by American Railroad Industries, Inc., Is Denied
https://www.gao.gov/products/101243

B-187488: Oct 22, 1976

A firm requested relief from a mistake in bid, resulting from an error in addition, which was not discovered until after it was awarded the contract to make railroad repairs. The differences among the firm's bid price, the government estimate and the second lowest bid were not so great as to have placed the contracting officer on constructive notice of possibility of mistake. No relief may be gran...

  • pdf icon View Decision (PDF, 2 pages)
 
GAO seal
 
  • Facebook
  • @usgao @usgaolegal
  • LinkedIn
  • YouTube
  • Flickr
  • RSS feeds
  • Blog
  • Podcasts
  • Widgets
  • E-mail
  • Stay connected
 

Reports &
Testimonies

  • Browse By Date
  • Browse By Topic
  • Browse By Agency
  • Restricted Products
  • Open Recommendations Database

Bid Protests &
Appropriations Law

  • Bid Protests
  • Appropriations Law
  • Other Legal Functions
  • Other Legal Resources
  • Red Book

Key Issues

  • Browse By Topic
  • Browse By Agency
  • Browse Collections

About GAO

  • Comptroller
    General
  • E-mail Updates
  • Location
  • Workforce
  • Products and
    Services
  • History
  • Health Care
    Advisory
    Committees
  • FOIA
  • No Fear Act Data
  • FraudNet:
    Reporting Fraud

Careers

  • Current Job
    Vacancies
  • Apply for Jobs
  • Career Paths
  • Benefits
  • Student and
    Executive
    Programs
  • Diversity &
    Inclusion

Multimedia

  • Video Gallery
  • Podcast Gallery

Resources

  • Presidential and Congressional Transition
  • For Congress
  • For Journalists
  • For Auditors
  • For Federal Managers
  • For Researchers
  • Center for Audit Excellence
ACCOUNTABILITY★INTEGRITY★RELIABILITY
  • Privacy Policy
  • Ordering GAO Publications
  • Contact GAO
  • Site Map
  • Help