B-219677: Aug 29, 1985

A firm protested a Government Printing Office contract award, contending that: (1) it was not allowed to correct an error in its bid; and (2) once it established its intended bid, the agency could experiment with the information and arrive at the correct bid amount. GAO has held that, in cases where a bid correction would displace the low bidder, the intended bid price should be ascertainable from...

B-219677: Aug 29, 1985

THE CRITICAL ELEMENT IS THAT THE INTENDED BID PRICE BE ASCERTAINABLE FROM THE BID ITSELF. BECAUSE IT IS CLEAR ON THE FACE OF THE PROTEST THAT IT IS WITHOUT MERIT. IT REALIZED THAT THIS WAS AN ERROR AND THAT IT HAD INTENDED TO BID $4.10 PER 100 MICROFICHE. GPO DISALLOWED CORRECTION ON THE BASIS THAT IT WOULD DISPLACE THE LOW BIDDER AND THAT EXISTENCE OF THE MISTAKE AND THE BID ACTUALLY INTENDED WER...