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B-214529 1 (1988-01-19)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadmzd0001 and id is 1 raw text is: The Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matterof: Robert U. Bregman, M.D. - Quantum Meruit Claim for Consultant Services File: B-214529 Date: January 19, 1988 DIGEST A physician filed a quantum meruit claim for consultant services allegedly rendered to the Department of the Navy in the development of an improved ureteroscope. On the basis of our evaluation of the record in this matter, we find that he has not established that the government received and accepted a benefit, which is one of the criteria for recovery on a quantum meruit claim. Thus, his claim is denied. DECISION This decision is in response to the appeal of Robert U. Bregman, M.D., from our Claims Group's action 1/ which denied his quantum meruit claim in the amount of $35,000. Dr. Bregman seeks reimbursement of consultant services allegedly rendered to the Naval Ocean Systems Center (NOSC), Department of the Navy, San Diego, California, in the development of an improved fiber optics image scope (microendoscope) ureteroscope. For the following reasons, we conclude that Dr. Bregman has not established his quantum meruit claim, and thus we sustain our Claims Group's action which denied his claim. BACKGROUND According to the Navy report, Dr. Bregman has an established practice in the field of urology. In 1977, he became acquainted with Mr. Parviz Soltan, an employee of NOSC, and discussed Mr. Soltan's work in fiber optics technology with him. Dr. Bregman and Mr. Soltan developed a mutual interest regarding the improvement of a medical surgical instrument called a ureteroscope that could take advantage of fiber optics technology. The improved ureteroscope conceived by 1/ Settlement Certificate, Z-2863996, September 16, 1986. 0oAk0Cy6e,

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