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B-197007 1 (1979-12-19)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadhux0001 and id is 1 raw text is: OLLER 0 o0 THE COIVPTROLLER GENERAL DECISION OF THE UNITED STATES WJASHINGTON, D. C. 20549 FILE: B-197007 PATE: December 19, 1979 MATTER OF: Forest Service - Ratification of 34- Unauthorized Purchase DIGEST: i 7 o Payment for unauthorized purchase of rock and gravel delivered to Forest S vice pro- ject may be made on quantum valebat basis since Government received benefit of material and completed project and unauthorized action has been implicitly ratified. The United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service requests our decision on whether Amearth Exca- vators of Buffalo, Wyoming (Amearth) is entitled to payment of $1,620 for rock and gravel delivered to the Tensleep Ranger District, Webb Creek job site. On July 25, the District Ranger orally contacted Amearth and placed an order for the rock and gravel. This was done after the project coordinator checked other sources for this material and determined that Amearth was the only supplier with the capacity to haul the material over the distances involved and which could , meet the Forest Service's needs. The Dist-r-i-ct Ranger took this action because the project -6oordinator trans- ferred to another district before the project work was initiated and because he felt an urgent need to have the material delivered for a Youth Conservation Corps project before the program ended on August 10, 1979. The District Ranger, however, lacked the procurement authority to make the purchase and no formal purchase order was issued. Although the United States cannot be bound beyond the actual authority conferred upon its agents by statute Li/x? ' Loll)

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