Decisions of the Comptroller General of the United States, Volume 39U.S. Government Printing Office, 1960 - 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 Before Oct. 1989, digests of unpublished decisions were issued with various titles.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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... responsible and submitted the low bid . Award was , therefore , made to that firm . Should the contractor , in fact , not comply with its ob- ligations under the contract , the Government will , of course , have available to it the ...
... responsible and submitted the low bid . Award was , therefore , made to that firm . Should the contractor , in fact , not comply with its ob- ligations under the contract , the Government will , of course , have available to it the ...
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... responsible bidder on such coast for such construction or reconditioning does not exceed the amount of the bid of the shipbuilder on the Atlantic coast of the United States who is the lowest responsible bidder therefor by more than 6 ...
... responsible bidder on such coast for such construction or reconditioning does not exceed the amount of the bid of the shipbuilder on the Atlantic coast of the United States who is the lowest responsible bidder therefor by more than 6 ...
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... responsible domestic bid . No construction - differential subsidy , as provided in this section , shall be paid ... responsible Pacific coast bidder if the amount of his bid does not exceed the amount of the lowest responsible bid of the ...
... responsible domestic bid . No construction - differential subsidy , as provided in this section , shall be paid ... responsible Pacific coast bidder if the amount of his bid does not exceed the amount of the lowest responsible bid of the ...
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... . Under advertising , or competitive bid procedures , award must be made to the responsible bidder submitting the lowest responsive bid . To " negotiate ” is to make without advertising . 26 [ 89 DECISIONS OF THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL.
... . Under advertising , or competitive bid procedures , award must be made to the responsible bidder submitting the lowest responsive bid . To " negotiate ” is to make without advertising . 26 [ 89 DECISIONS OF THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL.
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... responsible bidder . It would be entirely unreasonable to impose a duty on a contracting officer to verify prices against price indices to assure for himself that the bidders have sub- mitted cost plus a profit bid prices . This is ...
... responsible bidder . It would be entirely unreasonable to impose a duty on a contracting officer to verify prices against price indices to assure for himself that the bidders have sub- mitted cost plus a profit bid prices . This is ...
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Page 369 - All transfers and assignments made of any claim upon the United States, or of any part or share thereof, or interest therein, whether absolute or conditional, and whatever may be the consideration therefor, and all powers of attorney, orders, or other authorities for receiving payment of any such claim, or of any part or share thereof, shall be absolutely null and void...
Page 369 - ... after the allowance of such a claim, the ascertainment of the amount due, and the issuing of a warrant for the payment thereof.
Page 475 - That the right of the contractor to proceed shall not be terminated or the contractor charged with liquidated damages because of any delays in the completion of the work due to unforeseeable causes beyond the control and without the fault or negligence of the contractor...
Page 258 - If the failure to perform the contract arises out of causes beyond the control and without the fault or negligence of the Contractor.
Page 343 - ... unforeseeable causes beyond the control and without the fault or negligence of the Contractor, including, but not restricted to, acts of God, or of the public enemy, acts of the Government, in either its sovereign or Contractual capacity, acts of another contractor in the performance of a contract with the Government, fires, floods, epidemics, quarantine restrictions, strikes, freight embargoes, and unusually severe weather, or delays of subcontractors or suppliers due to such causes...
Page 757 - ... 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 342 - Contractor charged with liquidated or actual damages, as provided in paragraph (b) hereof because of any delays in the completion of the work due to unforeseeable causes beyond the control and without the fault or negligence of the Contractor, including, but not restricted to, acts of God, or of the public enemy, acts of the Government, in either its sovereign or contractual capacity, a,cts of another contractor in the performance of a contract with the Government, fires, floods, epidemics, quarantine...
Page 386 - Except as otherwise provided by law, sums appropriated for the various branches of expenditure in the public service shall be applied solely to the objects for which they are respectively made, and for no others (RS 3678;31 DSC 628).
Page 386 - No contract shall be entered into for the erection, repair, or furnishing of any public building, or for any public improvement which shall bind the Government to pay a larger sum of money than the amount in the Treasury appropriated for the specific purpose (ft.
Page 219 - The said extra compensation shall be paid by the master, owner, agent, or consignee of such vessel or other conveyance...