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B-238112 1 (1990-07-30)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadntv0001 and id is 1 raw text is: oComptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: T. Head & Company, Inc. File: B-238112 Date: July 30, 1990 DIGEST The Department of Education may not pay a claim filed by a contractor who remained on the job for several months after its contract had expired. Where a contractor renders service on the mere hope that his proposal will materialize and a contract may be entered into, such services are voluntary and not reimbursable. DECISION An authorized certifying officer of the Department of Education (ED) asks whether ED may pay T. Head & Company, Inc. (THI), Herndon, Virginia, $169,158.84 for services rendered to ED while THI was in a hold-over status after its contract expired. We conclude that ED may not pay THI's claim. BACKGROUND ED originally contracted with THI to organize student loan debt collection files at ED's regional offices in Atlanta, Chicago, and San Francisco for the period of September 30, 1987 through September 30, 1988. ED fully compensated THI for services performed during this period. In March 1988, THI submitted an unsolicited proposal to ED to provide maintenance services for the debt collection files at the three regional offices. ED negotiated the terms of a new contract with THI, and indicated that it was prepared, subject to the availability of funds, to enter into a new contract for the period of October 1, 1988 through September 30, 1989. ED states that it communicated the availability of funds contingency to THI throughout the negotiations process.

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