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B-189697 1 (1978-02-01)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadfqx0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I W I I L THE COMPTROLLEN UENENAL F DUCIUION O,. T lmu uralruc ElATE. WASHINUTON, D. 0 c uaga FILE: 5-189697 CvTt: Vebruery 1, 1978 MATTEPR OF: Laurence Hall d/b/i Halcyon Days DIsWEPT: 1. Claimant may not be paid erpenses allegedly incurred in preparing to perform tree-planting contract because contracting officer did not unequivocally express intention to accept claim- ant's bid. 2. Gv!errLment .. not antopped to deny existence of contract 1bease recotdoen not show that Govern- ment intendid that its t'attements regarding claimant relative chances of iwarhj' qhould be acded upon or *, that claimant reasonably Lelieved Gvernment'a state ments were so itended. ,Laurence -Hall, doing business as Halcyon Diays, claims compensation for amounts expended under an alleged oral award of a contract under solicitotion No. 40-8191-1-492, for -tree planting in Prescott Natibnal Forest, Arizona. Bikds for te subject solicitation were opened on July G, 1977. The,low' bid, dbmitted ty Mr.. Hill, was approzimatey $1,000 lower than the Government's estimate WIle Mr. Hill's bid was being considered, Mr. Hall, the next 16w bidder, called the contractingofficer to deter- mine the status of the nvard decise(n. The record shows ~that thie followng matters-were diiEussed during the conversation bewteen Mr. -Hall and the 6ntracting officer t-he contracting4 officer'told Mr. Hall that he believed everythig woldd be.go in his.direction sfoee the r apparent low ,bidder appeared toibe apprehensive about the apeiieations and Se oiet.Bervice had iisgivings about the 1- quotation. The' d6ntractin officer also told Hr. Hall to be tinking abdut a prework conference wthich would be held the following week i- everything worked out in his favor. The contracting off icer stated that alihough he thought Mr. Hall would be doing the work there were still several hitches' involved. - .-1 - 'I-.. -U' r. s3 .I ,- .bj ..,. . .~

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