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B-134474-O.M. 1 (1957-12-18)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaactd0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE r .+ WASHINGTON 25,. D. C. xtJ~flN AND -/$ %O f M DIVSION DEC 8 . RE L EASED The cowtroller General On June 30, 1956, the Bureau of Custon entered iato a contract for the pwrhese and installation of aonveor syste at the Port of ,wle otk with The Spi'ey Co.,, Inc., of Philadelphia, Pensylwvania. (CW of contract attaebed.) This contract was waenied on July 12, •M, Jj go, 1956, and O.tober 1, 1956. (Copies of the Menliments to the auftmat of June 30, 2956, are attached.) Theme a umisual provisios in the letter contract of Jue 30s 16, and the jay 20, 1956 mlenet thereto,, itich require legal in- terprtation to deteruine the dating of obligations incurred by the T rean of Custom&. The contract of June 303 1956, provides i parts as followiss' ' . The Covermient reserves the right to delete at an time prior to u4u 15, 1956 arq, or all,, of the 60 lima of gravity zvller, reformd to in Section Yiber I and 6ection Nmb r 2, based on a anit price of 342.416- ealh; the Goverment further reserves the right to reorder u to and Including Jly 21, 1956 any and all of these lie of gravity roller referred to in Sotioa Number I and Section -Numer 2 at the am unit price. The- midw kt of July 20, .1956, cntains the following provision: Iln consideration of the foreg oi The Spivey Co. Ine., . Me no *l lm and waives auir and all riZhts, if asfr, for av damges or loss of earnings for the cancellation of Sor all of the eqaipwmnt previ uAsy accepted by the overmtnt on June 29, 1956, and/or zodified as a re- salt of this ne layout.0 It appears that in the contract of June 30, 1956, the ureau of Customn accepted itm totalift 653, 6o. on July L2, 1956, it exercised its cancellation 6ption mid deleted itema totaling 4M,545 thereby re- &iaing the accepted portion of the contract o $33061. The bookkeeping I' 7 . • *

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