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B-234321 1 (1989-03-20)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadnkm0001 and id is 1 raw text is: The Comptroller General the United States Washingto, D.C. 2O8 Decision Department of the Navy - Raytheon Claim for Matterof: Repair Services File: B-234321 Date: March 20, 1989 DIGEST Claimant may be paid on a quantum meruit basis for necessary repairs made to government equipment without a written contract since the repairs could lawfully have been procured, the government received and accepted the benefit of the repairs by using the equipment after the repairs were made, the claimant acted in good faith, and the amount charged for the repairs was fair and reasonable. DECISION The Department of the Navy asks whether it may reimburse Raytheon Company $49,231 that Raytheon paid Litton Systems, Inc., for repairing three government-owned Raytheon test consoles transported to Litton from the Crane, Indiana, Naval Center. For the reasons given below, we find that the claim may be paid. The record indicates that Litton needed the test consoles as government-furnished test equipment to assist with increasingly urgent production needs related to a contract between the Navy and Grumman Aerospace Corporation. Before they reached Litton from the Crane facility, the consoles were extensively damaged because of poor packing and improper shipping. The Navy acknowledges that it was responsible for the damage. There is some conflict in the record about whether the Navy authorized Raytheon to effect repairs. Raytheon alleges that personnel at the Crane facility stated that funding for the repairs was forthcoming. On this basis, Raytheon issued a purchase order to ritton to repair the consoles to insure that project delivery schedules would be met. Litton then made the reoairs and requested payment from the Navy of $49,231 for its work. The Navy, however, replied that the government had not authorized Litton to make the repairs and

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