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

B-192541 1 (1978-09-05)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadgjq0001 and id is 1 raw text is: U 'S DflCISION . . p ..d THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL. OF THE UNITED STATE WASHINGTON, P.C. 20540 -a3 FILE: B-192541 MATTER OF: L. G. Black DATE: Septeirber 5, 1978 - E.Cc. DIGEST: 1. Where there is dispute between claimant and administrative agency inv61ving question of fact and conflicting statementt of claimant and administra- tive agency constitute only available evidence, claimant has not met burden of affirmatively proving case. 2. Government is bound by acts of agents or employees only when they act within scope of desighated authority and, therefore, Government is not liable for work performed, as alleged by, claimant, at request of persons who did not possess contracting authority. L. G. Black - E.C.C. (Black) has filed an appeal to a settlement issued by our Claims Division (7-2786816) on June 15, 1978, relating to numerous invoices submitted by Black for carpet-cleaning services performed for various Federal agencies. Invoice 7C352, dated February 22, 1977, was for carpet-cleaning .ervices performed at Walter Reed Medical Center on February 12, 1977, and the only charge not paid on the invoice is $96 fur downtime of the cleaning crew. This amount was charged because Black's 6-man crew had to wait 2 hours before gaining admission to the build- ing where the work was to be performed. The contracting officer disallowed this charge as the crew was to report between 10 and 10:30 a.m. to obtain the keys and an escort to the building, but did not arrive until 1:15 p.m. Black disputes this by stating it was not given a set time to arrive. Where, as here, conflicting statements of the claimant and the administrative agency constitute the a:~I ~ I' -r -'I I k-s, ~4'~ ~m~I I 0 1 ,,I 6

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