---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 14.407-2"
title: "48"
number: "14.407-2"
heading: "Apparent clerical mistakes."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/14.407-2"
---

# §14.407-2. Apparent clerical mistakes.

- (a) Any clerical mistake, apparent on its face in the bid, may be corrected by the contracting officer before award. The contracting officer first shall obtain from the bidder a verification of the bid intended. Examples of apparent mistakes are—
  - (1) Obvious misplacement of a decimal point;
  - (2) Obviously incorrect discounts (for example, 1 percent 10 days, 2 percent 20 days, 5 percent 30 days);
  - (3) Obvious reversal of the price f.o.b. destination and price f.o.b. origin; and
  - (4) **Obvious mistake in designation of unit.**
- (b) Correction of the bid shall be effected by attaching the verification to the original bid and a copy of the verification to the duplicate bid. Correction shall not be made on the face of the bid; however, it shall be reflected in the award document.
- (c) Correction of bids submitted by electronic data interchange shall be effected by including in the electronic solicitation file the original bid, the verification request, and the bid verification.

## Notes

### Amendments

[48 FR 42171, Sept. 19, 1983. Redesignated and amended at 60 FR 34738, July 3, 1995]

### Authority

Authority: 40 U.S.C. 121(c); 10 U.S.C. chapter 4 and 10 U.S.C. chapter 137 legacy provisions (see 10 U.S.C. 3016); and 51 U.S.C. 20113.

### Source

Source: 48 FR 42171, Sept. 19, 1983, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[48 FR 42171, Sept. 19, 1983. Redesignated and amended at 60 FR 34738, July 3, 1995]