B-205482: Apr 22, 1982

A firm protested the Department of the Interior's decision to permit the low bidder to correct an alleged mistake in its bid after bid opening. The protester contended that there was a strong possibility that the low bidder fabricated new estimating worksheets to prove a mistake and thereby increase its low bid to an amount just below that of the protester, the second low bidder. A firm that reque...

B-205482: Apr 22, 1982

GAO WILL NOT DISTURB A CONTRACTING AGENCY'S DETERMINATION TO ALLOW THE LOW BIDDER TO CORRECT ITS BID TO AN AMOUNT STILL BELOW THE NEXT LOW BID WHERE THE AGENCY REASONABLY CONCLUDED THAT THE BIDDER PRESENTED CLEAR AND CONVINCING EVIDENCE OF THE MISTAKE AND OF THE BID ACTUALLY INTENDED. 2. WHICH IS BELOW THE SECOND LOW BID. THE CLOSER THE INTENDED BID IS TO THE NEXT LOW BID THE MORE DIFFICULT IT WIL...