Decisions of the Comptroller General of the United States, Volume 70U.S. Government Printing Office, 1922 Contains a selection of major decisions of the GAO. A digest of all decisions has been issued since Oct. 1989 as: United States. General Accounting Office. Digests of decisions of the Comptroller General of the United States. Before Oct. 1989, digests of unpublished decisions were issued with various titles. |
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... firm to perform the engineering services support for the limited Phase I requirements on a timely basis with the least risk . While , in hindsight , it could be argued that the agency should have more quick- ly sought to develop other ...
... firm to perform the engineering services support for the limited Phase I requirements on a timely basis with the least risk . While , in hindsight , it could be argued that the agency should have more quick- ly sought to develop other ...
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... firm and requested a best and final offer ( BAFO ) . Based upon evaluation of the BAFO , which offered a further $ 258,745 reduction in cost , the contracting officer determined that the technical superiority of Energetics ' pro- posal ...
... firm and requested a best and final offer ( BAFO ) . Based upon evaluation of the BAFO , which offered a further $ 258,745 reduction in cost , the contracting officer determined that the technical superiority of Energetics ' pro- posal ...
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... firm . On July 11 , the contracting activity received Kentucky's bid , which had been sent by certified mail and was post- marked June 30. The Air Force declined to open Kentucky's bid which it re- turned to that firm . The contracting ...
... firm . On July 11 , the contracting activity received Kentucky's bid , which had been sent by certified mail and was post- marked June 30. The Air Force declined to open Kentucky's bid which it re- turned to that firm . The contracting ...
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... firm's revised offer sub- mitted in response to the amended RFP . We deny the protests . The RFP was originally issued in June 1989 , and called for the submission of offers to operate a dairy plant in Yokota , Japan . In response to ...
... firm's revised offer sub- mitted in response to the amended RFP . We deny the protests . The RFP was originally issued in June 1989 , and called for the submission of offers to operate a dairy plant in Yokota , Japan . In response to ...
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... firm's late revised offer . On August 3 , Contact filed a protest with the agency arguing that its offer should be considered . On September 13 , the agency denied Contact's agency - level protest and , on September 21 , the firm ...
... firm's late revised offer . On August 3 , Contact filed a protest with the agency arguing that its offer should be considered . On September 13 , the agency denied Contact's agency - level protest and , on September 21 , the firm ...
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Page 356 - ... based upon the wages that will be determined by the Secretary of Labor to be prevailing for the corresponding classes of laborers and mechanics...
Page 426 - Each contract negotiated under section 2304 of this title shall contain a warranty, determined to be suitable by the head of the agency, that the contractor has employed or retained no person or selling agency to solicit or obtain the contract under an understanding or agreement for a commission, percentage, brokerage, or contingent fee, except a bona fide employee or established commercial or selling agency maintained by him to obtain business. If a contractor breaks such a warranty the United States...
Page 265 - All officers and employees of the United States or of the District of Columbia who shall be members of the Officers' Reserve Corps shall be entitled to leave of absence from their respective duties, without loss of pay, time, or efficiency rating, on all days during which they shall be ordered to duty with troops or at field exercises, or for instruction, for periods not to exceed fifteen days in any one calendar year. Members of the Officers...
Page 175 - (2) A payment bond with a surety or sureties satisfactory to such officer for the protection of all persons supplying labor and material in the prosecution of the work provided for in said contract for the use of each such person. Whenever the total amount payable by the terms of the contract shall be not more than $1,000,000 the said payment bond shall be in a sum of one-half the total amount payable by the terms of the contract. Whenever the total amount payable by the terms of the contract shall...
Page 206 - An exact definition of a trade secret is not possible. Some factors to be considered in determining whether given information is one's trade secret are: (1) the extent to which the information is known outside of his business; (2) the extent to which it is known by employees and others involved in his business; (3) the extent of measures taken by him to guard the secrecy of the information; (4) the value of the information to him and...
Page 206 - ... the value of the information to him and to his competitors; (5) the amount of effort or money expended by him in developing the information; (6) the ease or difficulty with which the information could be properly acquired or duplicated by others.
Page 87 - The travel (i) involves the performance of actual work while traveling, (ii) is incident to travel that involves the performance of work while traveling, (iii) is carried out under such arduous and unusual conditions that the travel is inseparable from work, or (iv) results from an event which could not be scheduled or controlled administratively.
Page 501 - I, [Name of certifier], am the officer or employee responsible for the preparation of this modification proposal and hereby certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, with the exception of any information described In this certification, I have no information concerning a violation or possible violation of subsection 27(a).
Page 390 - ... shall be set aside for exclusive small business participation if the contracting officer determines that there is a reasonable expectation that (1) offers will be obtained from at least two responsible small business concerns offering the products of different small business concerns (but see paragraph (b) of this subsection); and (2) awards will be made at fair market prices.
Page 18 - Thus there is no reason to exempt this case from the general principle that "[i]t is always within the discretion of a court or an administrative agency to relax or modify its procedural rules adopted for the orderly transaction of business before it when in a given case the ends of justice require it. The action of either in such a case is not reviewable except upon a showing of substantial prejudice to the complaining party.