The Department of the Interior requested a review of a contractor's claim of a bid mistake, stating that before the award, the bidder alleged that it misunderstood a subcontractor's quotation for a portion of the work, but agreed to perform the contract at its bid price with the stipulation that the Comptroller General review the matter. GAO held that: (1) correction of a bid error was allowable p...

000 TONS OF RIPRAP (LARGE ROCK) IS APPROPRIATE WHERE: (1) THE BIDDER MISTAKENLY APPLIED A SUBCONTRACTOR'S ORALLY QUOTED PRICE TO THE REQUIRED AMOUNT OF RIPRAP INSTEAD OF TO THE SUBCONTRACTOR'S ESTIMATE OF 825. 000 TONS) IS SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER THAN THE NEXT LOW BID. SINCE THE TONNAGE TO WHICH THE BIDDER WOULD HAVE APPLIED THE SUBCONTRACTOR'S QUOTED PRICE IS UNCERTAIN. CORRECTION IS LIMITED TO THE B...