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B-199792 1 (1981-04-22)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadjil0001 and id is 1 raw text is: oj LAR _ q G E A .....THE COMLLER GEN DECISION OF THE UNITED STATES r WASHINGTON, 0. C. 20548 FILE: B-199792 DATE: April 22, 1981 MATTER OF: Wheeler Industries, Inc. DIGEST: 1. Contractor who initiates claim after effective date of Contract Disputes Act with regard to contract made be- fore effective date of Act may elect to proceed under Act, but is not re- quired to do so. 2. Payment may be made on a quantum meruit basis for the reasonable value of services furnished to Government without proper authori- zation only if shown that Govern- ment received a benefit and that procurement of the services was expressly or implicitly ratified by the authorized Government con- tracting official. 3. Where claimant offers no probative evidence to support assertion that Government received benefit from services performed without contract, payment on quantum meruit basis not author ized. Wheeler Industries, Inc. ,Lhas submitted a claim for $28,573 for services rendered to the Department of the Navy. No formal contract was ever consummated be- tween the parties. Wheeler, however, alleges that the contracting officer authorized performance of the ser- vices in question. We deny the claim. On May 18, 1977,cthe Navy issued request for oroposals (RFP) N00024-77-R-6199(S) on a sole source bais to Wheeler Industries. The PEP requested a theoretical and comoutatioli analysis of compliant tubes for use in light weight pressure compensated

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