B-226972: Jun 10, 1987

A firm protested an Air Force contract award for grounds maintenance services, contending that the Air Force improperly permitted the awardee to: (1) correct an apparent clerical mistake in its bid; and (2) transfer its bid to a newly organized corporation, after bid opening and prior to award. GAO held that: (1) the Air Force properly allowed the awardee to correct the clerical mistake in its bid...

B-226972: Jun 10, 1987

PROTEST THAT THE CONTRACTING AGENCY IMPROPERLY ALLOWED CORRECTION OF AN APPARENT CLERICAL ERROR IN A FIRM'S LOW BID AFTER BID OPENING IS DENIED WHERE EXAMINATION OF LOW BID REVEALS THAT CLERICAL MISTAKE AS CORRECTED BY THE AGENCY WAS OBVIOUS IN NATURE AND COULD BE READILY CORRECTED BY APPLYING STANDARD MATHEMATICAL CALCULATIONS AND WHERE IT WAS CLEAR THAT A MISTAKE HAD BEEN MADE. HOW IT WAS MADE....