B-287449.2: Jun 5, 2001

A firm protested a Department of the Interior contract award for building construction, contending that Interior improperly allowed the awardee to make an upward correction of its low bid. GAO held that Interior's decision to allow the awardee to upwardly correct its low bid was not objectionable, since Interior reasonably concluded that the awardee presented clear and convincing evidence of the c...

B-287449.2: Jun 5, 2001

DIGEST Agency's decision to allow awardee to upwardly correct its low bid is not objectionable where the agency reasonably concluded that the awardee presented clear and convincing evidence of the claimed mistake and the intended bid price. The IFB was issued on January 15. Bidders were required to submit a lump sum price. Bidders were required to add the three prices together. The breakdown of HB...