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B-212529 1 (1987-06-08)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadmtb0001 and id is 1 raw text is: The Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 ODecision Matterof: Reconsideration of B-212529, May 31, 1984 File: B-212529 Date: June 8, 1987 DIGEST On reconsideration, decision in B-212529, May 31, 1984, is affirmed. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) may not reimburse the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) for expenses the IEEE incurred in preparing to carry out a laboratory accreditation program which the NRC later abandoned before performance was completed. The doctrine of quantum meruit is inapplicable because the Government did not receive a benefit from the activities of IEEE. DECISION This decision is in response to a request from Nunzio J. Palladino, Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), for reconsideration of our decision B-212529, May 31, 1984, in which we concluded that the NRC had no authority to reimburse the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) for expenses the IEEE incurred in preparing to carry out an agreement with the NRC which the NRC later failed to implement. We have considered carefully the information in Chairman Palladino's request, as well as material submitted by the IEEE. Nonetheless, we affirm our original decision. BACKGROUND The facts of this case are set out fully in our earlier decision, and, accordingly, we will not repeat them in detail here. Briefly, in 1977, the NRC considered revising its qualification standards for nuclear power plant equip- ment. To that end, the NRC asked the IEEE in August 1980 to develop standards for accreditation of laboratories which would test such equipment. The NRC and the IEEE executed a written agreement, effective September 30, 1981, under which the IEEE agreed to be responsible for establishing and conducting the laboratory accreditation program. The NRC

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