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B-186998 1 (1976-11-09)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadegk0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Wi1liam Wortherspoon -4 ' FILE: B-186998 MATTER OF: DIGEST: DATE: November 9, 19T6 Availability of funds for printing invitations to Coast Guard charge of command ceremony Government payment. of expense of prining invitations to Coast Guard change of command ceremony is proper since ceremony is traditional and appropriate observance, and printing of invitations may be considered necessary and proper expense incident to ceremony. Mt. K. A. Mill, an authorized certifying officer of the United States Coast Guard, Departeat of Transportation, has requested our advance decision.concerning the propriety of certifying for payment a voucher in the amount; of $61, for printing by a commercial printer of invitations to a change of' command ceremony for a Coast Guard vessel, the USCGC Confidence. he printing was auth.rized by the Cummanding Officer of the USCGC Confidence. Payment would be made. from appropriations authorized for U.S. Coast Guard operating expenses. Printing of any document or matter by any agercy or establishment of the Government is not allowed unlesn it is authorized by Law and necessaty to the public businesi. 44 U.S.C. § 1102 (1970). Printing meeting these requirements may b, purchased directly from commercial establishments, rather than from the Government Printing Office (GPO), if commercial printing is -ore economical, or if the GPO is not able to execute the order. Usually,,the agency desiring commercial printing must secure authorization from the GPO. 44 U.S.C. § 504 (1970). However, commercial printing may be procured without such authorization if! (1) it is not of a continuing repetitive naturu; (2) it is not conducive to the establishment of an open ended indefinite quantity contract; (3) it cannot be ordered against existing GPO contracts; and (4) it costa less than $250 per line item. Government Printing and Binding Regulations, 43-2 (1974). The printing of invitations in this case appears to meet these regulatory requirements for using a commercial establishment with- tat GPO authorization. The crucial issue, then, is whether the printing of invitations is authorized by law and 'aecessary to the public bu. iness of the Coast Guard, as required by 44 U.S.C. § 1102 (1970). -A1 - * I- I-.-- /e f * p THE COMPTROLLER CENERAL OP THE UNITED OTATEB e WWASHINGTON, D.O. 20540 DECISION 0G4 I 6- I

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