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B-191177 1 (1978-03-08)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadftq0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 'ml FILE: 3-191177 DATE: March 3, 1978 MATTER OF: J.W. Creech Inc. DIGEST: Where evidence establishes that bidder mis- takenly omitted item in computing its bid but doom not establish intended bid, agency properly permitted bidder to withdraw but not correct its bid. J. V. Czaech Inc. (Creech),protests the deter- miation of the Veterans Administration (VA) to permit withdrawal but notcorrection of its bid for an asserted error in its .,bid,'diacovered prior to award. Creech sought a $110,Q00 upward adjustment of its bid, consisting of $106,'000 'for a steel deck alaerted to have been omitted from its bid, and -$4,000 for additional bonding, overhead and profit because of the omission. Bida under an'invitatidn for bids (IFB) for a 120 bed nursing home care unit at the VA Center, Uampton, Virginia, VA project no. 590-050 were re- ceived on December 15, 1977 as follows: J.W. Creech Inc. Leon H. Perlin Co.,Inc. $4,422,000 4,580,000 The balance of the bids received ranged udwards to $4,868,000. After correction to $4,532,000 as re- quested, the Creech hid would remain low by $48,000. our examination ot the worksheets submitted 1) in support of the protest shows that Creech included in its bid price $444,378 for the steel work in question, which is asserted to he based on its sub- contractor bids received as follows: Barnum Bruns Iron Works, Inc. Cost of steel erection deducted American Erection (steel erection) Total $457,990 1071232 350!750 93r000 $443o758 -1- ,i. ¼ e THE COMPTNOLLERN UENRAL DIECIUION (i. OP THE UsuITEO STATas WAUMINCYON. D.C. stcule it I JI M * Y I