B-232419: Nov 23, 1988

A firm protested the Army Corps of Engineers' denial of its request to correct a bid error under a solicitation for equipment installation, contending that the: (1) Corps should have allowed it to adjust its bid price to reflect state taxes, since it inadvertently omitted the tax; and (2) requirement regarding the application of the tax was misleading. GAO held that the Corps properly denied the p...

B-232419: Nov 23, 1988

The IFB was issued on June 19. For the installation of government and contractor furnished equipment to operate the specialized control systems at the Dalles-John Day projects which are located on the Columbia River in the states of Washington and Oregon. Local taxes were defined as all taxes and duties. That the taxing authority is imposing on the transactions or property covered by the contract...