B-225725: May 18, 1987

A firm protested an Air Force contract award for custodial services, contending that the Air Force: (1) should have rejected the awardee's bid for daytime services, since its bid for nighttime services was nonresponsive; (2) improperly allowed the awardee to correct a mathematical error in its bid; and (3) should have awarded it the contract, since a representative advised it that it was the low b...

B-225725: May 18, 1987

A BID FOR DAYTIME SERVICES THAT COMPLIES WITH ALL THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE SOLICITATION IS RESPONSIVE. THE FACT THAT THE SAME BIDDER'S BID FOR NIGHTTIME SERVICES IS NONRESPONSIVE DOES NOT AFFECT THE RESPONSIVENESS OF THE DAYTIME BID. WHERE IT IS NOT CLEAR WHETHER A MISTAKE IN BID IS IN A UNIT PRICE OR AN EXTENDED PRICE. IT IS GENERALLY IMPROPER TO TREAT THE MISTAKE AS AN APPARENT CLERICAL E...