**Instructions to Bidders -- Auction**

**(Government Real and Related Personal Property)**

1.  Registration of Bidders. On the date set for the auction, each
    prospective bidder at the sale will be required to register. At the
    time of registration, immediately preceding the auction, each bidder
    will be requested to sign a brief statement to the effect that the
    Invitation for Bids was received prior to the actual commencement of
    the auction. Each bidder will also be required to possess and to
    exhibit upon request, the bid deposit in the amount and form
    specified herein.

2.  Bid Forms.

    a.  The qualified bidder submitting the highest bid at the public
        auction will be required to complete and execute, in duplicate,
        the bid form attached to this Invitation for Bids, and all
        information and certifications called for thereon must be
        furnished. Bids submitted in any other manner or which fail to
        furnish all information or certifications required my be
        summarily rejected.

    b.  Bids shall be filled out legibly with all erasures, strikeovers,
        and corrections initialed by the person signing the bid and the
        bid must be manually signed.

    c.  Negligence on the part of the bidder in preparing the bid
        confers no right for withdrawal or modification of the bid.

3.  Bid Executed on Behalf of Bidder. A bid executed by an attorney or
    agent on behalf of the bidder shall be accompanied by an
    authenticated copy of his Power of Attorney or other evidence of his
    authority to act on behalf of the bidder.

    a.  Corporation: If the bidder is a corporation, the Certificate of
        Corporate Bidder must be executed. The certificate must be
        executed under the corporate seal by some duly authorized
        officer of the corporation other than the officer signing the
        bid. In lieu of the Certificate of Corporate Bidder, there may
        be attached to the bid copies of as much of the records of the
        corporation as will show the official character and authority of
        the officer signing, duly certified by the secretary or
        assistant secretary, under the corporate seal, to be true
        copies.

    b.  Partnership: If the bidder is a partnership, and all partners
        sign the bid, with a notation that they are all the partners,
        the Government will not ordinarily require any proof of the
        existence of the partnership. If all the partners do not sign
        the bid, then the names of all those except limited partners
        must be furnished on the bid and the Government, in its
        discretion, may require evidence of the authority of the
        signer(s) to execute the bid on behalf of the partnership.

4.  Bid Deposit. Each prospective bidder shall be required to possess
    and exhibit upon request a bid deposit of not less than the amount
    required by this Invitation for Bids, in the form of a certified
    check, cashier's check, or postal money order payable to the order
    of "General Services Administration or (Name of Bidder)". This will
    enable bidders whose bids are rejected to negotiate the instrument
    once it is returned. An irrevocable letter of credit is also
    acceptable. If an irrevocable letter of credit is submitted, the
    demand draft must be payable when accompanied by a written statement
    that the amount drawn under the credit represents the earnest money
    deposit required (1) as a guarantee to support an offer made by the
    successful bidder to purchase the property described in the
    Invitaqtion for Bids from the United States of America, or (2) as
    liquidated damages in the event that the successful bidder fails to
    comply with the terms and conditions of the Invitation for Bids.
    Failure to so provide such bid deposit shall require rejection of
    the bid. Upon acceptance of a bid, the appropriate bid deposit of
    the successful bidder shall be applied toward payment of the
    successful bidder's obligation to the Government.

5.  Additional Information. The General Services Administration issuing
    office, at the address given in this invitation for bids, will, upon
    request, provide additional copies of this Invitation for Bids, Bid
    and Acceptance, and answer requests for additional information
    concerning the property offered to facilitate preparation of bids.
    Each bid submitted shall be deemed to have been made with full
    knowledge of all terms, conditions, and requirements contained in
    this Invitation for Bids.

6.  Notice of Acceptance or Rejection. Notice by the Government of
    acceptance or rejection of a bid shall be deemed to have been
    sufficiently given when telegraphed or mailed to the bidder or his
    duly authorized representative at the address indicated in the bid
    documents. The Government's processing of a bid deposit shall not,
    in itself, constitute acceptance of the bidder's offer. The
    Government reserves the right to reject any or all bids or portions
    thereof.

7.  Waiver of Informalities or Irregularities. The Government may, at
    its election, waive any minor informality or irregularity in bids
    received.