B-219437: Aug 28, 1985

A firm protested an Army contract award, contending that the Army should not have rejected its bid on the basis of a mistake without giving it an opportunity to either correct its bid or perform the contract at its original bid price. In reviewing the protester's documents, the contracting officer found that: (1) there would be no way of knowing exactly what the protester's intended bid would have...

B-219437: Aug 28, 1985

AGENCY PROPERLY DID NOT PERMIT CORRECTION OF AN ERROR IN A BID WHERE THE ESTIMATE OF THE COST OF THE WORK OMITTED FROM THE BID PRICE WAS PREPARED AFTER BID OPENING AND SO THAT CORRECTION WOULD HAVE INVOLVED AN IMPERMISSIBLE RECALCULATION OF A BID TO INCLUDE FACTORS NOT ORIGINALLY CONSIDERED. IT IS NOT THEN GENERALLY FREE TO DECIDE TO WAIVE ITS CLAIM. WAIVER WILL BE PERMITTED ONLY IF IT IS CLEAR TH...