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B-195753 1 (1981-12-08)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadjxm0001 and id is 1 raw text is: / Cf&a2IN Fc . c ! '::AdI , THE COMPTROLLER GENERAI. DECISION O F THE UNITED 8 TATEIV WABHINGTON, ,., 2054 8 FILE: B-195753 DATrE; December 8, 1981 MATTER OF: Wall Irrigation Service DIGEST: It Claim for money damages arising out of agency cancellation of post-Jardh 1, 1979, contract on basis that award was erroneous is for resolution under Contract Disputes Act of 1978 and, therefore, cannot be considered by GAO, 2. O will not review procedures leading to award of contract to the terminated contractor where claimant has not requested review and there is no possibility of corrective action by way of reinstating termtnated con- tract since contract requirement has been fully performed9 Wall Irrigation Service (Wall) has submitted a claim concerning the cancellation of contract Not 14- 16-0006-79-071, for well rebabilitation at the Hastings Wetland Management District, issued by the Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service (Interior). 4 Interior issued a notice of award of the contract . to Wall by letter. Subsequent to the award, Interior forwarded the bid to its solicitor's office for review. The solicitor found that a note in Wall's bid qualified the bid rendering it nonresponsive and recommended that the contract be canceled. Based on the solicitor's recommendation, Interior notified Wall by letter that the well rehabilitation contract was terminated as an erroneous award. The award was then made to the next lowest bidder and the contract has been fully performed. Wall submitted an itemized list of damages totaling , $4,078 which it contends it has incurred because of the cancellation. Wall contends that these costs were p I inburred because of Interior's delay both in discovering i i ,, a I. H ) ,SI

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