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			      <ph props="autonumber" class="- topic/ph ">552.236-76</ph> Basis of Award - Sealed Bidding Construction.</title>
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			      <p class="- topic/p " audience="GSAR">As prescribed in <xref href="GSAM-536.270-5.dita#id1941D0D606X"
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                  class="- topic/xref ">536.270-5</xref>(c), insert the following clause:</p>
			      <p class="- topic/p " outputclass="Ctr_SmCaps" audience="GSAR">Basis of Award - Sealed Bidding Construction (Mar 2019)</p>
			      <p class="- topic/p " audience="GSAR">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>
			      <p class="- topic/p " outputclass="Endofprovision" audience="GSAR">(End of provision)</p>
			      <p class="- topic/p " outputclass="NoIndent" audience="GSAR">Alternate I (<term class="- topic/term ">Mar</term>2019). As prescribed in <xref href="GSAM-536.270-5.dita#id1941D0D606X"
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                  class="- topic/xref ">536.270-5</xref>(c), designate the basic provision as paragraph (a) and add the following paragraph to the basic provision:</p>
			      <p class="- topic/p " outputclass="List1" audience="GSAR">(b)(1) The low bidder for purposes of award is the responsible bidder offering the lowest aggregate price for:</p>
			      <p class="- topic/p " outputclass="List3" audience="GSAR">(i) The base requirement; plus</p>
			      <p class="- topic/p " outputclass="List3" audience="GSAR">(ii) All options designated to be evaluated.</p>
			      <p class="- topic/p " outputclass="BlockIndent" audience="GSAR">(2) The evaluation of options will not obligate the Government to exercise the options.</p>
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