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         <ph class="- topic/ph " props="autonumber">552.236-76</ph> Basis of Award— Sealed Bidding Construction.</title>
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			      <p audience="GSAR" class="- topic/p " id="ACzNxn"> As prescribed in <ph outputclass="ClauseProvisionXREF" class="- topic/ph "> 
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            </ph>(c), insert a
provision substantially the same as the following provision:</p>
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of Award - Sealed Bidding Construction (Mar 2019)</p>
			      <p audience="GSAR" class="- topic/p " id="WCvhNG">A bid may be rejected as nonresponsive
if the bid is materially unbalanced as to bid prices. A bid is unbalanced
when the bid is based on prices significantly less than cost for
some work and significantly overstated for other work.</p>
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            outputclass="Endofprovision">(End of provision)</p>
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               <i class="+ topic/ph hi-d/i ">Alternate I</i> (Mar 2019). As prescribed in <ph outputclass="ClauseProvisionXREF" class="- topic/ph "> 
                  <xref class="- topic/xref "
                        href="536.270-5.dita#GSAM_536_270_5"
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               </ph>(c), redesignate the basic provision as paragraph (a) and add the following paragraph (b) to the basic provision:</p>
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               outputclass="List1">(b)(1) The low bidder for purposes of award is the responsible bidder offering the lowest aggregate price for:</p>
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               outputclass="List3">(i) The base requirement; plus</p>
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               outputclass="List3">(ii) All options designated to be evaluated.</p>
            <p audience="GSAR"
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               outputclass="BlockIndent">(2) The evaluation of options will not obligate the Government to exercise the options.</p>
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