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B-231911 1 (1989-03-10)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadnkf0001 and id is 1 raw text is: ~uaThe Comptroiler General of the United States Washinton, D.C. 20548 Decision Gerald F. Stangel, Larry D. King - Relocation Maero Service Contracts - Liability for Direct Costs File: B-231911 Date: March 10, 1989 DIGEST The Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) is advised that BPA employees do not have to reimburse the agency for direct costs incurred incident to a relocation services contract when a residence sale is not completed. The authority to enter into relocation service contracts under 5 U.S.C. S 5724c (Supp. IV 1986) affords agencies a broader opportunity to provide services related to real estate transactions for transferred employees, subject to the terms of the agency's contract, and is not as restrictive as the language in 5 U.S.C. S 5724a(2)(4) (1982), which specifi- cally refers to the sale and purchase of a residence. DECISION This decision is in response to a request from an authorized certifying officer, Department of Energy, Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), Portland, Oregon, concerning the issue of whether or not certain employees must reimburse the agency for direct costs incurred incident to a relocation services contract when a residence sale is not completed. For the reasons that follow, we conclude that the employees do not have to reimburse the agency. BACKGROUND The Department of Energy has entered into a relocation services contract under the provisions of 5 U.S.C. S 5724c (Supp. IV 1986) with the Howard Relocation Group (Howard) in order to assist employees in selling their residences at their old duty station when they receive a permanent change cy44F& Z-/I (3 91b

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