Summary

REQUEST FOR VERIFICATION WAS INADEQUATE. 2. WHERE CONTRACT IS ENTERED INTO AFTER BIDDER VERIFIES PRICES IN RESPONSE TO INADEQUATE REQUEST FOR VERIFICATION. NO BINDING CONTRACT IS CREATED AND SINCE BIDDER CANNOT SHOW CLEAR AND CONVINCING PROOF OF BID PRICES ACTUALLY INTENDED CONTRACT MAY BE RESCINDED. R-6-3-77-24 WAS ISSUED FOR THE PROCUREMENT OF PRECOMMERCIAL THINNING AND SLASH DISPOSAL SERVICES. THESE SERVICES WERE DIVIDED INTO 17 ITEMS WITH AWARD TO BE MADE ON AN ITEM-BY-ITEM BASIS. THE BID PRICES RECEIVED BY THE FOREST SERVICE ON ITEM NOS. 1 AND 2 WERE AS FOLLOWS: BIDDER ITEM 1 ITEM 2 OJEDA $15. 084.00 THE GOVERNMENT'S ESTIMATES FOR THESE ITEMS WERE $19. BECAUSE THE OJEDA PRICES ON THESE ITEMS WERE APPROXIMATELY 19 AND 15 PERCENT.