B-194632: May 17, 1979

QUESTIONS CONCERNING TERMINATION OF CONTRACT FOR DEFAULT ARE PROPERLY RESOLVED UNDER DISPUTES CLAUSE OF CONTRACT AND NOT BID PROTEST PROCEDURES OF GAO. BOTH OUR OFFICE AND ARMED SERVICES BOARD OF CONTRACT APPEALS (ASBCA) HAVE HELD THAT WHERE TERMINATION OF CONTRACT FOR DEFAULT IS ALSO SUBJECT OF CLAIM OF MISTAKE IN BID. ISSUE OF MISTAKE IN BID IS NOT UNDER JURISDICTION OF ASBCA BUT IS FOR REVIEW B...

B-194632: May 17, 1979

A company requested relief from the denial of its consolidated appeals by the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals on the issues of the propriety of default termination of its contract and the assessment of reprocurement costs incurred as the result of repurchase of defaulted supplies. The company asserted that it made an obvious bid error which the contracting officer should have recognized,...