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B-191029 1 (1978-03-30)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadfwg0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 0 4J. Jacobson PL I THE COMPTRIOLLER OWNURMAL DECIRION .'.T. aF THE UNITED STATE5 WAUHINGYON, D.C. 20548 FILE: B-191029 DATE: Mr@ 3O. 1978 MATTER OF=. Louisiana-Pacific Corporation DIGEST: Where.Government received benefit from claimant's performance, action was ratified by authorized Government contracting officials and payment was recommended by Forest Super- visor as representing reasonable value of goods and services received, claimant is entitled to receive payment on quantum meruit/ quantuia valebant basis for work performed under an oral agreement. This decision is in response to a request from Mr. D. W. Raaka, Authorized Certifying Officer, Forest Fervica, United States Department of Agriculture, for a ruling by our Office as to the propriety of payment of an invoice for $17,878 submitted on behalf of Louisiana-Pacific Corporation to the Forest Service. The invoice ls fcr wor performed on the River Road (20N01) for the period January 1, 1974,,to December 31, 1976, pursuant to oral. arrangements prior to execution of a written maintenance plan required under the terms of a Road Maintenance Agreement dated June 21, 1972. The maintenance plan required by section -VI of the agreement for work performed during this peri6d was not executed until August 22, 1977. On the basis of the information contained in the Certifying Officer's submission and the supporting documentation, the facts concerning this matter are as follows. A Road Maintenance Agreement between the United States through the Forest Service, Department of Agriculture, and Georgia-Pacific Corporation (apparently the predecessor in interest to the claimant, Louisiana- Pacific Corporation) was executed on June 21, 1972. The Agreement provided the basis for defining terms, identifying the types of work to be performed, the need for extraordinary repairs, payments and other I-1-

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