[DEA Payment for Unsolicited Computer Software]

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) requested a decision regarding a corporations claim for payment plus interest for a computer software package it provided to DEA and three other software packages it developed. GAO held that DEA should pay the claim on a quantum valebant basis, since the: (1) procurements would have been permissible had DEA followed the proper procedures; (2) claimant acted in good faith; and (3) cost of each software package was reasonable. GAO also held that DEA should not pay for the: (1) three remaining software packages, which it never accepted; and (2) interest on the cost of the accepted system. Accordingly, the claim was allowed in part.