Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1813

The price relied upon by the Central Tenders Committee in submitted bids. What counts is the total bid price submitted in the official documents, even if there is an error in calculating the components of that price or in the details of its items, unless the error results in an excess over the sum of the individual prices and details, in which case the correct sum shall be relied upon. - An arithmetic error whereby the total price is lower than the sum of its components and exceeds 5% of the total price. The Committee may exclude it so long as it has not decided, by unanimous vote of its members present, to accept that bid despite its defect, in consideration of the public interest. A judgment departing from this and annulling the decision issued by the administrative authority on the basis that the submitted bid satisfied the conditions. A violation of the law and an error in its application requiring its cassation.