OAR 137-047-0470
Mistakes

(1)

Generally. To protect the integrity of the competitive Procurement process and to assure fair treatment of Offerors, a Contracting Agency should carefully consider whether to permit waiver, correction or withdrawal of Offers for certain mistakes.

(2)

Contracting Agency Treatment of Mistakes. A Contracting Agency shall not allow an Offeror to correct or withdraw an Offer for an error in judgment. If the Contracting Agency discovers certain mistakes in an Offer after Opening, but before Award of the Contract, the Contracting Agency may take the following action:

(a)

A Contracting Agency may waive, or permit an Offeror to correct, a minor informality. A minor informality is a matter of form rather than substance that is evident on the face of the Offer, or an insignificant mistake that can be waived or corrected without prejudice to other Offerors. Examples of minor informalities include an Offeror’s failure to:

(A)

Return the correct number of Signed Offers or the correct number of other documents required by the Solicitation Document;

(B)

Sign the Offer in the designated block, provided a Signature appears elsewhere in the Offer, evidencing an intent to be bound; and

(C)

Acknowledge receipt of an Addendum to the Solicitation Document, provided that it is clear on the face of the Offer that the Offeror received the Addendum and intended to be bound by its terms; or the Addendum involved did not affect price, quality or delivery.

(b)

A Contracting Agency may correct a clerical error if the error is evident on the face of the Offer or other documents submitted with the Offer, and the Offeror confirms the Contracting Agency’s correction in Writing. A clerical error is an Offeror’s error in transcribing its Offer. Examples include typographical mistakes, errors in extending unit prices, transposition errors, arithmetical errors, instances in which the intended correct unit or amount is evident by simple arithmetic calculations (for example, a missing unit price may be established by dividing the total price for the units by the quantity of units for that item, or a missing or incorrect total price for an item may be established by multiplying the unit price by the quantity when those figures are available in the Offer). Unit prices shall prevail over extended prices in the event of a discrepancy between extended prices and unit prices.

(c)

A Contracting Agency may permit an Offeror to withdraw an Offer based on one or more clerical errors in the Offer only if the Offeror shows with objective proof and by clear and convincing evidence:

(A)

The nature of the error;

(B)

That the error is not a minor informality under this subsection or an error in judgment;

(C)

That the error cannot be corrected or waived under subsection (b) of this section;

(D)

That the Offeror acted in good faith in submitting an Offer that contained the claimed error and in claiming that the alleged error in the Offer exists;

(E)

That the Offeror acted without gross negligence in submitting an Offer that contained a claimed error;

(F)

That the Offeror will suffer substantial detriment if the Contracting Agency does not grant the Offeror permission to withdraw the Offer;

(G)

That the Contracting Agency’s or the public’s status has not changed so significantly that relief from the forfeiture will work a substantial hardship on the Contracting Agency or the public it represents; and

(H)

That the Offeror promptly gave notice of the claimed error to the Contracting Agency.

(d)

The criteria in subsection (2)(c) of this rule shall determine whether a Contracting Agency will permit an Offeror to withdraw its Offer after Closing. These criteria also shall apply to the question of whether a Contracting Agency will permit an Offeror to withdraw its Offer without forfeiture of its Bid bond (or other Bid or Proposal security), or without liability to the Contracting Agency based on the difference between the amount of the Offeror’s Offer and the amount of the Contract actually awarded by the Contracting Agency, whether by Award to the next lowest Responsive and Responsible Bidder or the most Advantageous Responsive and Responsible Proposer, or by resort to a new solicitation.

(3)

Rejection for Mistakes. The Contracting Agency shall reject any Offer in which a mistake is evident on the face of the Offer and the intended correct Offer is not evident or cannot be substantiated from documents submitted with the Offer.

(4)

Identification of Mistakes after Award. The procedures and criteria set forth above are Offeror’s only opportunity to correct mistakes or withdraw Offers because of a mistake. Following Award, an Offeror is bound by its Offer, and may withdraw its Offer or rescind a Contract entered into pursuant to this division 47 only to the extent permitted by applicable law.

Source: Rule 137-047-0470 — Mistakes, https://secure.­sos.­state.­or.­us/oard/view.­action?ruleNumber=137-047-0470.

137‑047‑0000
Application 137‑047‑0100
Definitions 137‑047‑0250
Source Selection 137‑047‑0255
Competitive Sealed Bidding 137‑047‑0257
Multistep Sealed Bidding 137‑047‑0260
Competitive Sealed Proposals 137‑047‑0261
Multi-tiered and Multistep Proposals 137‑047‑0265
Small Procurements 137‑047‑0270
Intermediate Procurements 137‑047‑0275
Sole-source Procurements 137‑047‑0280
Emergency Procurements 137‑047‑0285
Special Procurements 137‑047‑0290
Cooperative Procurements 137‑047‑0300
Public Notice of Solicitation Documents 137‑047‑0310
Bids or Proposals are Offers 137‑047‑0320
Facsimile Bids and Proposals 137‑047‑0330
Electronic Procurement 137‑047‑0400
Offer Preparation 137‑047‑0410
Offer Submission 137‑047‑0420
Pre-Offer Conferences 137‑047‑0430
Addenda to Solicitation Document 137‑047‑0440
Pre-Closing Modification or Withdrawal of Offers 137‑047‑0450
Receipt, Opening, and Recording of Offers 137‑047‑0460
Late Offers, Late Withdrawals and Late Modifications 137‑047‑0470
Mistakes 137‑047‑0480
Time for Agency Acceptance 137‑047‑0490
Extension of Time for Acceptance of Offer 137‑047‑0500
Responsibility of Bidders and Proposers 137‑047‑0525
Qualified Products Lists 137‑047‑0550
Prequalification of Prospective Offerors 137‑047‑0560
Personal Services Contract to Provide Specifications — State Agency Disqualification as Bidder or Proposer 137‑047‑0575
Debarment of Prospective Offerors 137‑047‑0600
Offer Evaluation and Award 137‑047‑0610
Notice of Intent to Award 137‑047‑0620
Documentation of Award 137‑047‑0630
Availability of Award Decisions 137‑047‑0640
Rejection of an Offer 137‑047‑0650
Rejection of All Offers 137‑047‑0660
Cancellation of Procurement or Solicitation 137‑047‑0670
Disposition of Offers if Procurement or Solicitation Canceled 137‑047‑0700
Protests and Judicial Review of Special Procurements 137‑047‑0710
Protests and Judicial Review of Sole-Source Procurements 137‑047‑0720
Protests and Judicial Review of Multi-Tiered and Multistep Solicitations 137‑047‑0730
Protests and Judicial Review of Solicitations 137‑047‑0740
Protests and Judicial Review of Contract Award 137‑047‑0745
Protests and Judicial Review of Qualified Products List Decisions 137‑047‑0750
Judicial Review of Other Violations 137‑047‑0760
Review of Prequalification and Debarment Decisions 137‑047‑0800
Amendments to Contracts and Price Agreements 137‑047‑0810
Termination of Price Agreements
Last Updated

Jun. 8, 2021

Rule 137-047-0470’s source at or​.us