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B-207389 1 (1982-06-15)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadkkf0001 and id is 1 raw text is: It %V 10LIa 4 t I y THE COMPTROLI.MR ONUMAL /1/&'7c4 OECISION * U OF THE UNITUCM STATUS WABHINGTON, 0.3, 20540 FILEt B-207389 DATE; June 15, 1982 MATrER OF; Department of the Interior--Request for an Advance Decision DIGEST; GAO finds that a grantee violated a grant condition requiring maximum free and open competition when the grantee, without adequate justification to support a sole- source award, added substantial, new, and separate work to an existing contract instead of conducting a competitive procurement. The Department of the Interior, National Park Service, requests our views on whether it was proper for the city of Bristol, Connecticut, to issue a change order increasing the value of its contract withi the Bristol Construction Company (BCC) by $228,075 (or 74 percent) for work not contemplated under BC's original contract. The original BCC contract and the change order. relate to an improvement project in Rockwell Park, Bristol, Connecticut. The project is substantially funded by a grant administered by Interior. We find that the city's acrcion was improper and violated a grant condition requiring maximum free and open competition. Initial plans for the relevant phase of the Rockwell Park project included a lagoon path uystem, pond improvements and a river path system; however, since the city estimated that the cost for these improvements would be about $1.3 million and the city had a budget of only $610,000, the scope of work in the invitation for bids (IFB) was restricted to the lagoon path system and pond improvements. The city was concerned that even the IFBs restricted work scope would be over budget so the city requested

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