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[Protest of Army Decision To Allow Low Bidder To Correct Errors Under Solicitation for Maintenance Dock]

B-228340: Nov 18, 1987

A firm protested the Army's decision to allow correction of the low bid under a solicitation for a fuel systems maintenance dock, contending that: (1) because the low bidder's upward corrections would make its bid higher than the protester's, it offered to lower its bid for another item; and (2) the low bidder's alleged mistakes and intended bid price were not apparent on the face of its bid. GAO...

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B-228340, Nov 18, 1987, 87-2 CPD 493

B-228340: Nov 18, 1987

PROCUREMENT - Sealed Bidding - Low Bids - Error Correction - Price Adjustments - Propriety DIGEST: Protest of upward correction of low bid is denied where the record supports contracting agency's determination that there was clear and convincing evidence establishing the existence of two mistakes in the bid and of the intended bid price. Bid is low with or without correction. Truchot's bid price w...

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