B-259573: Apr 13, 1995

A firm protested the Army Corps of Engineers' cancellation of its contract for facility construction and its subsequent contract award to another bidder, contending that: (1) the Corps improperly terminated its contract for convenience; (2) the Corps properly permitted it to correct its mathematical bid errors; (3) its bid price was not ambiguous; and (4) the awardee's bid was nonresponsive. GAO h...

B-259573: Apr 13, 1995

Agency reasonably found that bid correction was improper where bid contained numerous discrepancies such that the bid was susceptible to several reasonable interpretations. Create a presumption that only one of several reasonable interpretations is necessarily correct. Where bid contains numerous and varied errors which make it impossible to determine which prices were intended. Specified portions...