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B-196984 1 (1980-05-06)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadifz0001 and id is 1 raw text is: THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL DECSIO OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 U'NITED~ FILE: B-196984 DATE: May 6, 1980 MATTER OF: Set Theoretic Information >)L &79 2 Systems, Inc. DIGEST: Claimant has burden of proof to establish claim. Where conflicting statements of claimant and agency are only evidence, claimant's burden has not been met. Set Theoretic Information Systems, Inc. (STIS), through its counsel, appealed our Claims Division disallowance of its claim for $3,802.02 for personal services allegedly performed as a prime contractor of the Department of Commerce, Bureau of Census. Our Claims Division denied the claim because there is no evidence that STIS was a contractor of the Bureau and if, at best, it was a sub- contractor of a Bureau contractor, there was no privity of contract between STIS and the Bureau. STIS's basis for appeal is that its employees dealt directly with the Bureau and in the capacity of a prime rather than a subcontractor. While there is no dispute that the employees had direct contact with Bureau personnel, the Bureau does not corroborate that for the services involved in the claim it dealt with the employees as anything other than consultants of Infodyne, the prime contractor. Moreover, STIS has not furnished any document establishing it had a prime contractor relationship with the Bureau. Although STIS maintains that the Bureau's position that STIS was not a prime contractor is self-serving, the rule with respect to claims against the United States is that the claimant has the burden of proof. Request for Advance Decision -- Architect of the Capitol, B-192326, November 30, 1978, 78-2 CPD 406; Gene Peters, B-185199, April 1, 1977, 77-1 CPD 225. Accordingly, §C/j~-f- P5PL ev'otcE

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