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Protest of Determination To Allow Bid Correction

B-204577: Feb 9, 1982

A firm protested an agency's decision to permit another firm to correct a mistake in its bid and subsequently award it a contract. The awardee had recognized an error in its bid and requested permission to alter it. The firm submitted all of its appropriate worksheets, and the agency determined that the awardee had submitted clear and convincing evidence of the mistake, the manner in which it occu...

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B-204577, FEB 9, 1982

B-204577: Feb 9, 1982

CONTRACTING OFFICER PROPERLY DETERMINED THE LOW BID TO BE RESPONSIVE SINCE IT WAS AN UNQUALIFIED OFFER TO PERFORM THE EXACT WORK CALLED FOR IN THE INVITATION. 2. GAO WILL NOT DISTURB PROCURING AGENCY DETERMINATION TO PERMIT CORRECTION ALLEGED AFTER BID OPENING BUT BEFORE AWARD WHERE REASONABLE BASIS FOR DETERMINATION EXISTS. 3. THERE IS A REASONABLE BASIS FOR THE AGENCY DETERMINATION TO ALLOW BID...

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