United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao_comptroller_general legislative 2010-10-18 U.S. Government Printing Office 1995-09-01 monographic deposited born digital GA 1.13:B-261135.2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-261135-2 P0b002ee180b1b05c f:2611352 DGPO 2010-10-18 2011-03-23 GAOREPORTS-B-261135-2 machine generated eng fdlp COMPTROLLERDECISION GAOREPORTS-B-261135-2 B-261135.2 Comptroller General Decision 1. The low bid under an invitation for bids for lifeboats and associated services and equipment calling for a base quantity and 4 option periods for additional quantities is not materially unbalanced where there is no credible evidence that the bid contains overstated prices for the lifeboats such that it could be considered mathematically unbalanced, and, in any case, the bid becomes low during the first option period.<p/>2. An agency's acceptance and consideration of a bid modification, received by a representative of the bidder from a facsimile machine located in the agency's mail room and then hand-delivered by the bidder's representative to the cognizant agency contract specialist, was not precluded by the solicitation's prohibition against facsimile submissions. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-261135-2/html/GAOREPORTS-B-261135-2.htm GAO/B-261135.2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-261135-2 Comptroller General Decision GAO/B-261135.2; Bollinger Machine Shop &amp; Shipyard, Inc.;