AGENCY REFUSAL TO DELAY WAS NOT IMPROPER SINCE ALL BIDDERS WERE TREATED FAIRLY AND EQUALLY. ADEQUATE COMPETITION (TWO BIDS) AND REASONABLE PRICE WERE OBTAINED. THE ERROR WAS CALLED TO THE CORPS' ATTENTION ON THAT DATE. CONFIRMING COPIES WERE MAILED TO THOSE FIRMS ON THAT DAY. (THE TELEGRAPHIC REQUEST TO THE CORPS FOR POSTPONEMENT OF BID OPENING ADVISED THAT AMENDMENT NUMBER 2 WAS RECEIVED ON JULY...

A firm protested that it had inadequate time to prepare a bid and asked that the contracting agency extend the bid opening date. The invitation for bids (IFB) specified July 11 as the bid opening date, but an amendment to the IFB contained an error stating August 11 as the bid opening date. On July 3 the agency telegraphed a correction to the prospective bidders affirming July 11 as the bid openi...