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B-210334 1 (1983-07-14)

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                 . THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL
  DECISION      .          OF THE UNITED STATES
                           WASHINGTON. 0. C. 20548
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  FILE:   B-210334               DATE: July 1A, 1983

  MATTER OF:     Carroll-Donahue Associates


  DIGEST:

        Civilian Personnel Officer at the U.S.
        Army Reserve Component Personnel and
        Administrative Center rather than the
        Contracting Officer procured training by a
        non-Government facility. Where the Center
        accepted the training services and
        received a benefit therefrom, payment may
        be made on the basis of quantum meruit
        provided that an authorized contracting
        official recommends payment.

     This is in response to a request for an advance
decision by Major J. M. Vaughn, Finance and Accounting
Officer at the U.S. Army Reserve Component Personnel and
Administrative Center, St. Louis, Missouri, as to whether
payment in the amount of $890 may be made to Carroll-Donahue
Associates (Carroll-Donahue) for a training course'which it
had conducted at the Center. The training course, at a cost
of $890, was approved by the Civilian Personnel Officer at
the Center by DD Form 1556, Request, Authorization,
Agreement, Certification of Training and Reimbursement,
dated July 20, 1982. The course on labor relations for
Federal supervisors and managers was conducted at the Center
on July 19 and 20, 1982.

     The Finance and Accounting Officer has denied payment
to Carroll-Donahue since he believes that the agreement
between the agency and Carroll-Donahue for the training in
question is of doubtful validity. The basis for this view
is that the training was authorized by the Civilian
Personnel Officer and not by a contracting officer in
accordance with regular contract procedures.

     Although the regular procurement procedures should have
been followed to obtain the training course, payment to
Carroll-Donahue may be made on the basis of quantum meruit
provided that an authorized contracting official recommends
payment.

     By DD Form 1556, Request, Authorization, Agreement,
Certification of Training and Reimbursement, dated July 20,

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