B-188946: May 30, 1978

DECISION HOLDING THAT CONTRACTING OFFICER WAS ON NOTICE OF POSSIBILITY OF MISTAKE IN BID IS AFFIRMED WHERE BID WAS WELL OUTSIDE THE RELATIVELY NARROW RANGE OF OTHER BIDS RECEIVED. 2. ALTHOUGH SALES OF SOME SURPLUS PROPERTY MAY HAVE SUCH A WIDE RANGE OF BID VARIATION THAT CONTRACTING OFFICERS ARE HELD NOT TO HAVE NOTICE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF MISTAKE BECAUSE OF SUCH WIDE VARIATION. THERE IS NOT A SU...

B-188946: Dec 23, 1977

CONTRACTING OFFICER WAS ON NOTICE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF MISTAKE WHERE CONTRACTOR'S BID FOR PINE SAWTIMBER WAS APPROXIMATELY 100 PERCENT HIGHER THAN THE APPRAISAL PRICE AND 53 PERCENT HIGHER THAN THE NEXT HIGHEST BID. WHERE CONTRACTOR'S BID FOR OAK SAWTIMBER WAS 144 PERCENT HIGHER THAN THE APPRAISAL PRICE AND 22 PERCENT HIGHER THAN THE NEXT HIGHEST BID. WHERE TOTAL PRICE BID WAS 25 PERCENT HIGHER T...

B-188946: Dec 23, 1977

The protester requested relief from a mistake in its bid on a timber sale. Despite bidding patterns experienced by the Forest Service indicating wide variation in bid prices for timber, the contracting officer was on notice of the possibility of a mistake since the contractor's bid was more than twice the appraisal price on some items and since the total price bid was 25 percent higher than the ne...

B-188946: May 30, 1978

The Forest Service requested reconsideration of a decision that dispelled allegations of a mistake in the bid and contended that the decision did not recognize the realities of timber bidding. Since the contracting officer was on notice concerning the possibility of a bid mistake and the bid was outside the range of the other bids received, the prior decision was affirmed...