B-200165,B-200165.2: Dec 31, 1980

Two firms protested the award of a contract for large pumping units and installation instructions. The first firm protested on the grounds that the awardee's bid contained a discrepancy between its extended prices and the total price which the protester alleged was improperly corrected by the agency as an obvious and apparent clerical mistake. It also protested that the awardee failed to return it...

B-200165,B-200165.2: Dec 31, 1980

PROTEST THAT AGENCY IMPROPERLY CORRECTED DISCREPANCY BETWEEN EXTENDED PRICES AND TOTAL PRICE AS OBVIOUS CLERICAL MISTAKE IS DENIED WHERE DISCREPANCY ADMITS TO ONLY ONE REASONABLE INTERPRETATION ASCERTAINABLE FROM FACE OF BID. 2. IS DENIED SINCE ACT IS CONCERNED WITH PLACE OF MANUFACTURING AND NOT FIRM'S NATIONALITY. 4. AGENCY EVALUATING BID TO SUPPLY PUMPS PROPERLY DID NOT CONSIDER COSTS OF MODEL...