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B-197868(2) 1 (1980-11-21)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabjxj0001 and id is 1 raw text is: COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 B-197868(2) November 21, 1980 The Honorable Jesse Helms United States Senate Dear Senator Helms: By letter of A ust 11, 1980, you requested that we review the issuance of a sole-source pur- chase order and g sole-source contract by the Council on Environmental Quality7(CEQ) to Mr. David Sheridan in connection with a study of Desertification of the United States. The purchase order, for $9,950, was for a preliminary report identifying the salient issues relating to desertification; the contract, for $15,000, was for a report suitable for publication on desertification. On July 30, 1980, our Office responded to your prior inquiry regarding CEQ's procurement of Mr. Sheridan's services in connection with a study on Off-Road Vehicles on Public Land. We indicated that CEQ had not provided an adequate sole-source justification for that procurement and concluded that CEQ should have obtained its needs through the use of competitive negotiation procedures. Based on our review of CEQ's report on the desertification study (copy enclosed) we reach the same conclusion here. As we indicated in our prior response, the Environ- mental Quality Improvement Act of 1970, 42 U.S.C. § 4372(e)(1976), authorizes the Director of the Office of Environmental Quality to contract * * * with indi- viduals without regard to section 529 of title 31 and section 5 of title 41 in carrying out this function. While this authority permits CEQ to procure property or services by negotiation, it does not itself also confer authority on the agency to procure its require- ments on a sole-source basis. Federal Judicial Center, 58 Comp. Gen. 350 (1979), 79-1 CPD 206.

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