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B-225051 1 (1988-02-19)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadmzo0001 and id is 1 raw text is: R ~The Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 UDecision Datalink, a Stan Clothier Company, Inc.-- Matterof: Assignment of Claims File: B-225051 Date: February 19, 1988 DIGEST Ruling by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) denying assignee's claim arising under an assignment of a purchase order contract between the EEOC and the assignor is affirmed. The EEOC was not bound by the assignment because the assignment did not comply with the requirements of the Assignment of Claims Act and was never recognized or agreed to by the EEOC. DECISION The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) requests our decision on an appeal by Datalink, a Stan Clothier Company, Inc., of the EEOC's denial of Datalink's claim for $14,657.56, arising under a purported assignment of a purchase order contract between the EEOC and Information Research Association, Inc. (IRA). This matter first came to our attention in a letter we received from Senator Rudy Boschwitz requesting our Office to investigate the circum- stances surrounding the disallowance of Datalink's claim. When we contacted the EEOC to ask for a report on the matter, we were advised that Datalink's legal representative had appealed the EEOC's ruling and had requested a decision from our Office. We affirm the EEOC's denial of Datalink's claim because the assignment did not satisfy the requirements set forth in the Assignment of Claims Act, and there is no evidence to indicate that any official at the EEOC ever recognized or consented to the assignment. BACKGROUND On February 19, 1986, the EEOC issued a purchase order to IRA for computer equipment, totaling $22,550.00. On February 24, 1986, the President of IRA, Michael S. Grigoni, apparently assigned the purchase order to Datalink--the

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