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 2016-06-23 U.S. Government Publishing Office 1996-10-24 monographic deposited born digital 6 p. GA 1.13:B-274012 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-274012 P0b002ee18fd44879 f:274012 DGPO 2016-06-23 2016-06-23 GAOREPORTS-B-274012 machine generated eng fdlp COMPTROLLERDECISION GAOREPORTS-B-274012 B-274012 Comptroller General Decision 1. Low bid under an invitation for bids calling for a base bid and two options is not materially unbalanced where there is no basis to conclude that the bid contains significantly overstated prices for the base bid such that it could be considered mathematically unbalanced.<p/>2. Base bid which is less than, two times greater, than the government's estimate or the protester's next low bid is not so front-loaded as to be tantamount to an improper advance payment that would require rejection of the bid. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-274012/html/GAOREPORTS-B-274012.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-274012/pdf/GAOREPORTS-B-274012.pdf GAO/B-274012 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-274012 Comptroller General Decision GAO/B-274012; Grunley Schlosser Joint Venture;