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B-187593 1 (1978-06-26)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadgdv0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I DECISION (.('tt . B-187593 FILE: MATTER OF: G'S, Inc. DIGEST: 1. Ao\Air Force had no authbrity to make express contract to purchase contractor's suggestion that par's previously obtained on sole-source basis be procured compet.- tively, there could be no implied-in-fact contract to accomplish same, purpose, and claim for quantum meruit -recovery--on basis that contractor provided benefit to Air Force and Air Force implicitly ratified trars- action--is denied. 2. Where Air Force repeatedly.advised coutractor that its putported Value Engineering Change Proposal,(VECP) was rejected--VECP essentially amounting to suggestion that certain par s be procured competitively rather than scle source-- Air Forcw's conduct in initiating competitive procurement for Darts did not impliedly riodify contractor's corract to include Value Enqineer- ing Incentive clause, not does equitable estoppel apply against Government in circum- stances. Claim for share of savings resulting from competitive procurement is deaied. This concerning Ogden Air is our decision on a claim by GKS, Inc. contract No. F42600-76-C-0249 awarded Logistics Center, Hill Air Force Base, 1 by the U t-a h. Background The contract, awarded to GKS in July 1955, was for the supply of a quantity of parts k1its. Elght com- ponent items of the kits were Government-Furnishcd Material (GFI) and were being obtained by the Air Force from National Waterlift Company. On October 6, 1975, the Air Force issued request for proposals (REP) . 9 a-, a A i I I 0 I I %4 I a I I 'I '~ THE CCJMPTROLLER OWNERAL. CF THE UNITED BTATaS WA~DINGTON D..une 54C DATE.-June 26, 31973 ' A -A

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