B-213080: May 15, 1984

A firm protested a Veterans Administration (VA) decision to permit an offerer to correct a mistake in its bid and the subsequent contract award to the offerer. Suspecting a mistake in its bid, VA requested the offerer to verify its bid price. The offerer stated that its bid did contain a mistake, requested that the mistake be corrected, and supplied a worksheet to verify the error. The contracting...

B-213080: May 15, 1984

DIGEST: WHERE MISTAKE IN BID IS ALLEGED PRIOR TO AWARD AND THE BIDDER PRESENTS CLEAR AND CONVINCING EVIDENCE OF A MISTAKE IN THE BID AND OF THE BID ACTUALLY INTENDED BY SUBMITTING WORKSHEETS USED IN PREPARING COST ESTIMATES AND WHERE BID AS CORRECTED REMAINS LOW. THERE IS A REASONABLE BASIS FOR THE AGENCY DETERMINATION TO ALLOW BID CORRECTION SO AS TO REFLECT THE INTENDED BID. THE GOVERNMENT'S EST...