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B-178496 1 (1973-10-09)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaadfb0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 99 a 4' 1 £tg..I. r COMPrTROLLER GENERAL. Or THE UI4IThO STATES WAUIHQOLD.C. 3054 11,478496 October 9, 1973 Daker-Webater Printing Ccawy 1 Fifth Street, NW. Nashington, D.OP.0001 Attention Wr. Milton U, 3H4er Vice President and General Manager Gentlemen: Reference Is made to your letters of August 10 and September 20, 1973, ith enclosures, requesting review of our settlement dated June 12, .973, which disaflowd your claim for 4fl,8p afleged to be due for the printing of the First Annual Repart of the National Adviaow Council on Adult DdLeation9 a Presidentially appointed public advisory body under the Office of Education# Department of Health# RducatiM and Welfare. The claim vas dielowed for the -oson that the purchase of printing wae made in violction o&' the zeuirenxnt (44 Us,8. 01, p02) that all printing for Government offices be done at the Government Printing Office unless a waiver is granted by the Joint omittee on Printing to the Public Printer (4 u.o.c, 0o). The record shows that the Office of Educations WOfice of Camittee )anagement Was Wnformed in February 1972 that the Council. planned to use a conerciat tim to print its 1972 anhual report and that the Council, apparently without competitive bidding, contracted ..th your firm to perform the printing work. The record ibrther shows vhat neither the Council or the offide ot Cnxittee Management obtained a waiver prior to placing the contract and that the Jo nt Ccmmitteo on Printing has refused to grant the special waiver requested by the Department of Health# Education, and Welfare on October 16, 1972 Recent advice on this matter reveals that the Joint Comrttee on Printing has not ohwWd it. position on thn granting of the special waiver. Zn your letter requesting review you state that your firm entered into a contract with the Council and subequently fulfilled its cmmit- sent for printing and mailing the Cowc2.ok annual report, in good faith, without any prior knowledge of any legaX iplication Which would prohibit payment by the Council, -. ..- a. e '

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