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B-236330 1 (1989-08-14)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadnnp0001 and id is 1 raw text is: . I of the United States b/ Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matterof. Lieutenant Colonel Tommy B. Tompkins File: B-236330 Date: August 14, 1989 DIGEST Army Colonel at remote location in Saudi Arabia may be reimbursed for purchase of safe drinking water for his detachment under the public necessity exception to the voluntary creditor rule. The purchase was necessitated by receipt through regular channels of a contaminated water shipment, and in view of historical problems in receiving timely shipments, there was a real need to act promptly to protect the government's interest. DECISION Lieutenant Colonel Tommy B. Tompkins has appealed our Claims Group's denial of his reimbursement request for buying bottled water for his detachment while stationed in Saudi Arabia in 1981. The Claims Group denied the claim on the basis that the purchase did not result from an urgent or unforeseen circumstance. Upon further consideration, we find that Colonel Tompkins is entitled to reimbursement. The record shows that Colonel Tompkins was assigned command of 75 Army and Air Force personnel in Khamis Mushayt, Saudi Arabia, in 1981. Because the location was remote, the detachment depended on air lifts administered by the U.S. Military Training Mission (USMTM), headquartered at Dhahran, for drinking water. Colonel Tompkins was authorized by his commander to use up to $300 in imprest funds to buy clean water from the local market in case of emergency. Because the last USMTM shipment of water caused intestinal disorders among detachment personnel, Colonel Tompkins had the water analyzed; the analysis disclosed that the shipment was contaminated. Colonel Tompkins therefore authorized the purchase of $300 worth of the only local bottled water known to be safe, which he judged constituted a 5-day supply. Upon being advised that this brand of water

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