B-274949.2: Dec 13, 1999

Agency determination to permit bidder to correct a mistake in its low bid prior to award was proper where the agency reasonably determined that clear and convincing evidence established the existence of the mistake and the intended bid price. Even though the bidder did not submit workpapers showing how it prepared its bid but only a declaration explaining how the mistake was made and the intended...

B-274949.2: Dec 13, 1999

A firm protested a Government Printing Office (GPO) contract award for identification card components, contending that the bid submitted by the awardee should have been rejected as nonresponsive and that GPO improperly permitted the awardee to make an upward correction to its bid price. GAO held that GPO's determination to permit the awardee to correct a mistake in its low bid prior to award was p...