B-205080.2: May 18, 1982

A firm requested reconsideration of a decision which denied its protest that a bid submitted by another firm was ambiguous regarding the price of certain items. In the prior decision, GAO recognized that the firm had incorrectly completed its bid form, but held that the only reasonable interpretation of the firm's bid was that it included duty in its prices. Even though it had stated that the amou...

B-205080.2: May 18, 1982

DIGEST: PRIOR DECISION HOLDING THAT BID WAS NOT AMBIGUOUS IS AFFIRMED. EVEN THOUGH BID STATED THAT AMOUNT OF DUTY TO BE DEDUCTED FROM PRICES WAS "APPROXIMATE. " SINCE AMOUNT OF DUTY WAS CARRIED OUT TO FOUR DECIMAL PLACES (TO THE TEN-THOUSANDTH PART OF A DOLLAR). BID WAS SUFFICIENTLY DEFINITE AND SUSCEPTIBLE TO EVALUATION. THE REMAINDER OF THE REQUEST FOR RECONSIDERATION IS MERELY A RESTATEMENT OF...