B-219009, JUN 14, 1985
Highlights
THE HONORABLE DAVE DURENBERGER: UNITED STATES SENATE THIS IS IN REPLY TO YOUR LETTER OF MAY 13. CONCERNING A PROBLEM YOUR CONSTITUENT PAUL FLATT WAS HAVING IN OBTAINING PAYMENT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR FOR WORK HE PERFORMED. THE CONTRACT WAS ENTERED ON NOVEMBER 1. WORK WAS COMPLETED ON DECEMBER 28. WAS ACCEPTED ON JANUARY 7. WERE ADVISED THAT U.S. WAS SENT TO MR. THE CHECK WAS SENT TO HIM AT THE ADDRESS NOTED IN HIS LETTER TO YOU. THE PAYMENT WAS DELAYED. WE WERE TOLD. BECAUSE AN OBLIGATING DOCUMENT WAS MISSING FROM THE FILE AND HAD TO BE LOCATED. SINCE THE CHECK WAS MAILED MORE THAN A MONTH AGO. FLATT SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED IT BY NOW. WE WILL LOOK INTO THE MATTER FURTHER AT THAT TIME.
B-219009, JUN 14, 1985
PAYMENTS - PROMPT PAYMENTS ACT - INTEREST PAYMENT DIGEST: CONSTITUENT REQUESTED ASSISTANCE IN OBTAINING PAYMENT FOR WORK PERFORMED UNDER CONTRACT WITH DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR. INTERIOR'S REGIONAL OFFICE ADVISED U.S. TREASURY CHECK #90397460 IN FULL CONTRACT AMOUNT PLUS PROMPT PAYMENT ACT PENALTY (31 U.S.C. SEC. 3902) MAILED TO CONSTITUENT ON APRIL 23, 1985.
THE HONORABLE DAVE DURENBERGER: UNITED STATES SENATE
THIS IS IN REPLY TO YOUR LETTER OF MAY 13, 1985, CONCERNING A PROBLEM YOUR CONSTITUENT PAUL FLATT WAS HAVING IN OBTAINING PAYMENT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR FOR WORK HE PERFORMED.
IN BRIEF, MR. FLATT (DOING BUSINESS AS MAGNUM ALERT) ENTERED A CONTRACT WITH THE U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE TO INSTALL A SECURITY ALARM SYSTEM AT ITS LITCHFIELD, MINNESOTA FIELD STATION. THE CONTRACT WAS ENTERED ON NOVEMBER 1, 1984, WORK WAS COMPLETED ON DECEMBER 28, 1984, AND WAS ACCEPTED ON JANUARY 7, 1985. SINCE THAT TIME, ACCORDING TO MR. FLATT'S LETTER TO YOU, HE HAS UNSUCCESSFULLY SOUGHT TO OBTAIN THE PAYMENT DUE HIM UNDER THE CONTRACT, $3,783.35.
UPON RECEIPT OF YOUR LETTER, WE CHECKED WITH INTERIOR'S DENVER REGIONAL OFFICE, AND WERE ADVISED THAT U.S. TREASURY CHECK #90397460, IN THE AMOUNT OF $3,878.29 (THE FULL CONTRACT AMOUNT PLUS $94.94 FOR A PROMPT PAYMENT ACT PENALTY, 31 U.S.C. SEC. 3902), WAS SENT TO MR. FLATT ON APRIL 23, 1985. THE CHECK WAS SENT TO HIM AT THE ADDRESS NOTED IN HIS LETTER TO YOU, P.O. BOX 873, LITCHFIELD, MINNESOTA, 55355. THE PAYMENT WAS DELAYED, WE WERE TOLD, BECAUSE AN OBLIGATING DOCUMENT WAS MISSING FROM THE FILE AND HAD TO BE LOCATED.
SINCE THE CHECK WAS MAILED MORE THAN A MONTH AGO, MR. FLATT SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED IT BY NOW. IF HE HAS NOT, PLEASE LET US KNOW, AND WE WILL LOOK INTO THE MATTER FURTHER AT THAT TIME.