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B-178879 1 (1973-10-02)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaaddi0001 and id is 1 raw text is: L I COMFIHOLLEfl GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES B-.78879 October 2, 1973 I Forwtry Supp1ewt, Inc. PoO. Box 8397 Jack.sOu, Xtssi4t 39704 Attention$ Mr. Larry Clasp Salea Hanager Contlemeni Reference s uade to ;our letter of June 6, 1973, with enclosures, requestinfg 44 inorease in the contract price In Forest 3rvice purchase order 22/rR4S'72, You state that your corporation is in the buuinese aoftiporting optical surveytng equipment not produced in this comntry. You have indicated that after thG Forest S rvlce avardod the purclaae order for 10 of thase Instrum nte, the foroign cmanufacturer increased tme price of the equipmxnt and the dollar was dcraluatod with the result that your corporatioa toe cxperieacing losses. oTherefore, Xt is requested thnt an Increase in price teauthorized for the instruments. An we stated In 53 Camp. Cn. - (B-179255, September 4, 1.973)s Ih devaluation of the doflar is attributablo to the Government acting in its aoveroign capacity. See $-175674, ay 30, 1972. It is yoUt sattled that the Covernment is not liable as a contractor for the consequonces of its acts a svciroVon. So UHorowitz v United Ste sen 267 Us 455 (1925): Thu Sunsvick v. United States, 75 F. Suppe 221, 109 Ct, C, 772 (1940). Aloe, where a Government con- tract contains an expreao utipulation as t the vmotntt of cotpenation to be paid, and no provision i made for any increaso in the event porformanee becomesnoro expansiva or diffictdt, the fact that the coat of porfoxance is incroased by factors which do not constitute undue inter-' Letece by the ovarnment no a contractor does not entitle thm contractor to additional componsationa Se B-175674, eua.. and cases cited thorein, As vwstaeed in Pe n nBrdge Co. v. atntedStates, 59 Ct. Cl. 892, C96 (1924)-0 0.s p I

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