B-219984: Oct 29, 1985

A firm protested the Navy's denial of its request for a bid correction, contending that: (1) it mistakenly entered the price of a fire truck rather than the cost of a first article test for that line item; and (2) the Navy should cancel the solicitation and seek new bids to create a highly competitive bidding atmosphere. The Navy argued that the workpapers that the protester submitted logically su...

B-219984: Oct 29, 1985

WHERE CORRECTION OF BID MISTAKE WOULD RESULT IN DISPLACEMENT OF LOW BIDDER AND THE BID ACTUALLY INTENDED IS NOT ASCERTAINABLE SUBSTANTIALLY FROM THE INVITATION AND THE BID ITSELF. THE NAVY REJECTED FIRE-TEC'S REQUEST FOR A CORRECTION WHICH APPARENTLY WOULD HAVE DISPLACED THE OTHERWISE LOW BIDDER BECAUSE THE AMOUNT OF FIRE-TEC'S INTENDED BID COULD NOT BE DETERMINED FROM THE IFB AND THE BID ITSELF....