B-128373, SEP. 6, 1956
Highlights
TO WESTERN SALVAGE COMPANY: REFERENCE IS MADE TO YOUR LETTER OF AUGUST 14. IT WAS HELD THAT THERE IS NO AUTHORITY TO REFUND ANY PART OF THE PURCHASE PRICE. ARE EXAMINATION OF THE RECORD BEFORE OUR OFFICE DISCLOSES NOTHING WHICH COULD BE VIEWED AS REQUIRING A CONCLUSION DIFFERENT FROM THAT PREVIOUSLY REACHED IN THE MATTER.
B-128373, SEP. 6, 1956
TO WESTERN SALVAGE COMPANY:
REFERENCE IS MADE TO YOUR LETTER OF AUGUST 14, 1956, REQUESTING RECONSIDERATION OF OUR DECISION DATED AUGUST 9, 1956, WHICH SUSTAINED THE DISALLOWANCE OF YOUR CLAIM FOR REFUND OF THE SUM OF $100 REPRESENTING A SUBSTANTIAL PART OF THE AMOUNT PAID BY YOU FOR CERTAIN MATERIAL PURCHASED FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY UNDER CONTRACT NO. N244S-46721, DATED JUNE 25, 1954.
THE CONTENTION URGED BY YOU IN THE MATTER RECEIVED FULL AND CAREFUL CONSIDERATION AND, FOR THE REASONS SET FORTH IN THE DECISION OF AUGUST 9, 1956, IT WAS HELD THAT THERE IS NO AUTHORITY TO REFUND ANY PART OF THE PURCHASE PRICE. YOUR LETTER OF AUGUST 14, 1956, MERELY REITERATES YOUR CONTENTION AS EXPRESSED IN PRIOR CORRESPONDENCE. ARE EXAMINATION OF THE RECORD BEFORE OUR OFFICE DISCLOSES NOTHING WHICH COULD BE VIEWED AS REQUIRING A CONCLUSION DIFFERENT FROM THAT PREVIOUSLY REACHED IN THE MATTER.