About | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline
LOG IN
LOG IN

B-182437 1 (1975-10-09)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadcuv0001 and id is 1 raw text is: aTHE COMPTROLLER GENERAL DECISION . OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548 FILE: B-182437 DATE: October 9, 1975 MATTER OF: Monitor Products Company, Inc. c37 DIGEST: Although claimant contends that contracting agency's project engineer induced it to complete another party's contract by promising claimant that it would be reim- bursed, no basis for payment to claimant exists since project engineer's actions were unauthorized and record does not indicate that any official of agency having contracting authority agreed to reimburse claimant for work performed. By letter of May 21, 1975, Monitor Products Company, Inc. (Monitor) has requested a reconsideration of our decision in the matter of Monitor Products Company, Inc., B-182437, March 12, 1975, in which we denied its claim for the additional costs it experienced in fulfilling a United States Navy contract which had been awarded to Arvin Industries, Inc. (Arvin). Monitor contends that our March 12 decision was * * * improper and did not take into account the overall contractual commitment made by a representative and Project Engineer of the Navy upon which its claim was based. On February 15, 1973, a fixed-price Navy contract No. NOO-123- 73-C-1575 was awarded by the Naval Regional Procurement Office, Long Beach, California to Arvin for the furnishing of crystal oscillators. Monitor Products acquired a division of Arvin in December 1973, and one of the stipulations in the acquisition was that Monitor would not be responsible for completion of the con- tract under consideration here. In January of 1974 the Administra- tive Contracting Officer communicated with Arvin with respect to the sale of part of its assets to Monitor and requested Arvin to submit certain documentation if Arvin requests theGovernment to recognize Monitor Products Company as a successor in interest to subject contract /in which event/ a novation agreement must be executed. By letter dated January 15, 1974, Arvin informed the Administrative Contracting Officer that the required informa- tion had been requested from Monitor. Monitor notified the Navy - 1 -

What Is HeinOnline?

HeinOnline is a subscription-based resource containing thousands of academic and legal journals from inception; complete coverage of government documents such as U.S. Statutes at Large, U.S. Code, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Reports, and much more. Documents are image-based, fully searchable PDFs with the authority of print combined with the accessibility of a user-friendly and powerful database. For more information, request a quote or trial for your organization below.



Contact us for annual subscription options:

Contact Us

Already a HeinOnline Subscriber?

Log In

profiles profiles most