B-200907: Mar 26, 1981

CONTRACT SHOULD NOT BE RESCINDED SINCE THERE WERE NO CLEAR INDICATIONS OF ERROR DUE TO VARIANCES BETWEEN HIGH PRICE AND OTHER PRICES SUBMITTED AND GOVERNMENT ESTIMATES. ERROR WAS NOT QUESTIONED. 655 PRICE SHOULD HAVE BEEN $3. ADVISED THAT BECAUSE ALL WORKPAPERS WERE SHREDDED AT THE END OF EACH DAY. SINCE NO DOCUMENTARY PROOF WAS SUBMITTED AND SINCE THE BID WAS NOT SIGNIFICANTLY OUT OF LINE. THE CO...

B-200907: Mar 26, 1981

A firm requested rescission of a contract awarded to it for the sale of industrial diamonds by the Federal Property Resources Service. The record showed that the protester submitted the high bid. However, prior to award, the protester alleged that a typographical error had been made in its bid price and that the bid price should have been considerably lower. In response to a request by the contrac...