B-274973,B-274973.2: Jan 15, 1997

A firm protested the Army Corps of Engineers' rejection of its bid for levee reconstruction as materially unbalanced, contending that its bid pricing did not result from overstating or understating costs, but reflected legitimate costs based upon an innovative approach to the work. GAO held that the Corps properly rejected the protester's bid as materially unbalanced, since: (1) the protester's lu...

B-274973,B-274973.2: Jan 15, 1997

Low bid for levee reconstruction work was properly rejected as materially unbalanced where the lump sum price for preparatory work line item was many multiples higher than the reasonable value of the work. Such that the bid was grossly front-loaded. The unit price for the levee reconstruction work was significantly less than the government estimate and other bid prices. The IFB provided that the c...