B-213177: Dec 9, 1983

A firm protested the Forest Service's refusal to allow it to correct its bid. The Forest Service determined that the protester failed to provide sufficient proof of its intended bid price. The protester submitted to the Forest Service a computer printout summarizing projected costs and profits and an unsworn statement by which it attempted to demonstrate that it had transposed two digits in the bi...

B-213177: Dec 9, 1983

CONTRACTING OFFICER'S DETERMINATION THAT SUCH EVIDENCE DOES NOT CONSTITUTE THE CLEAR AND CONVINCING EVIDENCE OF THE ASSERTED INTENDED BID PRICE REQUIRED TO ALLOW CORRECTION IS NOT UNREASONABLE. THE CLOSER AN ASSERTED INTENDED BID IS TO THE NEXT LOW BID. THE MORE DIFFICULT IT IS TO CLEARLY ESTABLISH THAT IT IS THE BID ACTUALLY INTENDED. BIDDERS WERE TO INDICATE NOT ONLY THE TOTAL PRICE FOR EACH YEA...