B-242515: Mar 27, 1991

A firm protested the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) rejection of its bid for water chillers, contending that FAA improperly rejected its bid, since it properly corrected its bid mistake. GAO held that FAA properly rejected the protester's erroneous bid, which it could not correct after bid opening. Accordingly, the protest was denied...

B-242515: Mar 27, 1991

PROCUREMENT - Sealed Bidding - Bids - Error correction - Pricing errors - Line items DIGEST Bid was properly rejected where its price was out of line with the others received and an alleged mistake in bid was not appropriate for correction because it would result in recalculation of the bid after bid opening to include an item not originally considered. The IFB was for the fabrication of three air...