B-270101.2: Feb 12, 1996

A firm protested a Navy contract award for a water system upgrade, contending that the Navy improperly allowed the awardee to upwardly correct an error in its apparent low bid. GAO held that the Navy reasonably permitted the awardee to upwardly correct its bid, since: (1) there was clear and convincing evidence of the mistake and the intended bid price; and (2) the bid remained low after the corre...

B-270101.2: Feb 12, 1996

Agency properly allowed upward correction of mistake in apparent low bid where the record contains clear and convincing evidence that a mistake was made and the intended bid price can be ascertained within a narrow range of uncertainty and remains low in any event. For which funding was available at the time of bid opening. There were five bids ranging in price from Tadlock's bid of $2. Was signif...