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B-203315 1 (1981-05-29)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadjkv0001 and id is 1 raw text is: THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OECISION OF THE UNITEO STATES WASHINGTON, D. C. 20548 FILE: B-203315 DATE: May 29, 1981 MATTER OF: Jordan & Nobles DIGEST: Liequest for remission of liquidated damage<s assessed by Department of the Army (Army) is denied since Army's refusal to recommend remission precludes GAO under 10 U.S.C. § 2312 from remitting all or part of such damages. Jordan & Nobles (J&N) has requested that our Office remit $10,400 in liquidated damages assessed by the Department of the Army (Army) under contract No. DACA63-78-C-0064, awarded by the Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District, Texas. The liquidated damages were imposed on J&N for failure to complete its contract in the required number of days. In its report dated January 29, 1981, the Army recommended denial of J&N's request for remission of liquidated damages. The authority of this Office to remit liquidated damages rests solely upon 10 U.S.C. § 2312 (1976), which provides that upon the recommendation of the head of an agency, the Comptroller General may remit all or part, as he considers just and equitable, of any liquidated damages assessed for delay in performing a contract made by the agency. As the statute makes apparent, and as we have consistently held, an agency's favorable recommendation for remission is a pre- requisite to any action by this Office. Turner- Pilkinton Construction Co., Inc., B-191646, July 7, 1978, 78-2 CPD 22. Therefore, we must decline to grant the relief requested. Acting Comptroller General of the United States

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