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B-222035 1 (1986-07-02)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadmjc0001 and id is 1 raw text is: OECISION FILE: B-22203 MATTER OF: DIQEST: 1 . THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATED WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 DATE: July 2, 1986 '5 City of Ansonia, Connecticut - Sewer Services Claim City of Ansonia may recover $33,187.50 for sewer services provided to the Army's housing facilities at Fort Devens, Massachusetts. The City may be paid on a quantum meruit basis, pursuant to the Comptroller General's claims settlement authority, 31 U.S.C. S 3702 (1982), because the services constituted a permissible procurement, the Government received and ac- cepted the services after it was notified of the connection, the City acted in good faith and the amount claimed represents no more than the reasonable value of the benefit received. 2. City of Ansonia's quantum meruit claim is not barred by the 6-year time limitation in 31 U.S.C. § 3702(b)(1) (1982). All monetary claims against the United States cognizable by this Office must be received within 6 years of the date that claim first accrues or be forever barred. The City's claim first accrued no earlier than March 4, 1981, when the Army ac- cepted sewer services by failing to disconnect its facilities and continuing its use of the City's sewer system with the knowledge that the connection existed and that the city expected payment. Since the City's claim reached this Office on August 26, 1985, the 6-year time limitation in 31 U.S.C. § 3702 (1982) was met. By letter dated August 23, 1985, the U.S. Army Finance and Accounting Center forwarded to our Office for settlement the claim of the City of Ansonia, Connecticut (Ansonia) in the amount of $33,187.50. The claim represents sanitary sewer services provided to family housing facilities at Fort Devens, Massachusetts. Based on our review of the facts in this situ- ation, we conclude that this Office may authorize payment of $33,187.50 to Ansonia on a quantum meruit basis for the ser- vices provided between March 4, 1981 and June 5, 1984. O5~R~

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