A firm protested an Army Corps of Engineers contract award for rehabilitation work, contending that the: (1) Army improperly permitted the awardee to correct its bid error; (2) awardee's corrected and original bids were unreasonably low; and (3) awardee was not responsible. GAO held that: (1) the Army properly permitted the awardee to correct its bid error, since the awardee's original bid prepara...

Agency properly allowed correction of a mistake in bid alleged by the low bidder where the existence of the mistake and the intended bid price were clearly established from the bidder's original bid preparation papers and corrected bid remains significantly below next low bid. 2. General Accounting Office does not review affirmative determinations of responsibility except where the determination w...