Decisions of the Comptroller General of the United States, Volume 56U.S. Government Printing Office, 1978 - Finance, Public 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 Before Oct. 1989, digests of unpublished decisions were issued with various titles.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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... bidder to withdraw rather than correct bid mistake because correction as requested would have increased low bid to within 1 percent of next acceptable bid , and other evidence submitted by bidder shows another " intended " bid price ...
... bidder to withdraw rather than correct bid mistake because correction as requested would have increased low bid to within 1 percent of next acceptable bid , and other evidence submitted by bidder shows another " intended " bid price ...
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... Bidder claims this was its intent , and that this intent is manifested clearly and convincingly in the worksheets . * * The figure used in paragraph 4 for the number of meals in the con- tract period should have been 740,400 , rather ...
... Bidder claims this was its intent , and that this intent is manifested clearly and convincingly in the worksheets . * * The figure used in paragraph 4 for the number of meals in the con- tract period should have been 740,400 , rather ...
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... bidder would gain an unfair advantage over other bidders . In addition , " *** The purpose of the rules governing consideration of late bids is to insure for the Government the benefits of the maximum of legitimate competition , not to ...
... bidder would gain an unfair advantage over other bidders . In addition , " *** The purpose of the rules governing consideration of late bids is to insure for the Government the benefits of the maximum of legitimate competition , not to ...
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... bidder , unless UMTA specifically approves some other form of pro- curement or award to another party upon being satisfied by the Public Body that such action will adequately protect the Government's interests in en- couraging ...
... bidder , unless UMTA specifically approves some other form of pro- curement or award to another party upon being satisfied by the Public Body that such action will adequately protect the Government's interests in en- couraging ...
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... bidder could not be contractually bound to deliver item . In the matter of the Bayshore Systems Corporation , November 9 , 1976 : Bayshore Systems Corporation ( Bayshore ) protests the rejection of its bid under IFB LGM - 6-8136-1 which ...
... bidder could not be contractually bound to deliver item . In the matter of the Bayshore Systems Corporation , November 9 , 1976 : Bayshore Systems Corporation ( Bayshore ) protests the rejection of its bid under IFB LGM - 6-8136-1 which ...
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Page 153 - No contract or purchase on behalf of the United States shall be made unless the same is authorized by law, or is under an appropriation adequate to its fulfillment. except in the War and Navy Departments, for clothing, subsistence, forage, fuel, quarters or transportation, which, however, shall not exceed the necessities of the current year.
Page 197 - Government. (a) Whoever, otherwise than as provided by law for the proper discharge of official duties, directly or indirectly receives or agrees to receive, or asks, demands, solicits, or seeks, any compensation for any services rendered or to be rendered...
Page 467 - If the court as a matter of law finds the contract or any clause of the contract to have been unconscionable at the time it was made...
Page 439 - Provided, That contracts may be entered into by the Secretary of War for such materials and work...
Page 276 - Any executive department or independent establishment of the Government or any bureau or office thereof, if funds are available therefor and if it is determined by the head of such...
Page 19 - ... articles, materials, and supplies as have been mined or produced in the United States, and only such manufactured articles, materials, and supplies as have been manufactured in the United States substantially all from articles, materials, or supplies mined, produced, or manufactured, as the case may be, in the United States, shall be acquired for public use.
Page 323 - Act, as amended, is amended — ( 1 ) by striking out the period at the end of "paragraph (5) "and inserting in lieu thereof "; and"; and (2) by adding after paragraph (5) a new paragraph as follows: "(6) to make such loans (either directly or in cooperation with banks or other lending institutions through agreements to participate on an immediate or deferred basis) as the Administration may determine to be necessary or appropriate to assist any small business concern...
Page 128 - Congress may from time to time appropriate, for the benefit, care, and assistance of the Indians throughout the United States for the following purposes: General support and civilization, including education. For relief of distress and conservation of health.
Page 153 - No officer or employee of the United States shall make or authorize an expenditure from or create or authorize an obligation under any appropriation or fund in excess of the amount available therein...
Page 616 - ... taxes collected by him, with the cost and expenses of suit; also all damages and costs recovered against any assessor, assistant assessor, collector, deputy collector, agent, or inspector, in any suit brought against him by reason of anything done in the due performance of his official duty, and shall make report to Congress at the beginning of each regular session of Congress of all transactions under this section.