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...

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...