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B-238181.2 1 (1991-09-17)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadnzs0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 9IComptroller General of the United States Decision Matter of: GSA's Billing National Trust for Historic Preservation for FTS Use and Termination Costs File: B-238181.2 Date; September 17, 1991 DIGEST Upon reconsideration, we reaffirm B-238181, Jan. 9, 1991, holding that the General Services Administration was authorized to assess the National Trust for Historic Preservation for (1) Federal Telecomunications Service (FTS) usage based on statistical sampling of data gathered two quarters prior to the quarter billed and (2) termination costs based upon a formula derived from experience gained in handling Postal Service's withdrawal from FTS. DECISION The National Trust for Historic Preservation (NTHP) asked us to reconsider our decision involving the General Services Administration's (GSA) billing NTHP for Federal Telecommunications System (FTS) usage and terminaltion costs. In B-238181, Jan. 9, 1991, we held that GSA was authorized to assess NTHP for FTS usage one quarter in advance based upon a statistical sampling of usage data provided by vendors to GSA for the last available quarter. The last available quarter for which data generally was available was two quarters prior to the quarter being billed. We also held that GSA was authorized to assess termination costs based upon a formula derived from experience gained in handling the Postal Service's withdrawal from FTS. NTHP does not dispute GSA's authority to use statistical sampling methodology to approximate actual costs. Instead, it argues that Where evidence indicates that the sampling methodology has produced a result that is not consistent with past experience, GSA should examine actual usage to ensure that estimated costs approximate actual costs. Nor does NTHP dispute the authority of GSA to use a formula designed to approximate termination costs, but instead disputes the reasonableness of the formula, both in design and application vis a vis its billings. Since NTHP has not demonstrated an error of fact or law in B-238181, Jan. 9, 1991, or presented new information not previously considered, we affirm our prior decision.

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