B-130392, JUN. 10, 1957
Highlights
VETERANS ADMINISTRATION: REFERENCE IS MADE TO YOUR LETTER OF MAY 29. YOU ARE DELEGATING AUTHORITY TO CERTAIN CONTRACTING OFFICIALS FOR THE SUBMISSION OF MISTAKES IN BID CASES TO US FOR DECISION. WE HAVE NO OBJECTION TO THE DELEGATIONS OF AUTHORITY AS MADE. IT IS TO BE UNDERSTOOD THAT SUCH AUTHORITY. INSOFAR AS CONTRACTING OFFICERS ARE CONCERNED.
B-130392, JUN. 10, 1957
TO THE HONORABLE H. V. HIGLEY, ADMINISTRATOR, VETERANS ADMINISTRATION:
REFERENCE IS MADE TO YOUR LETTER OF MAY 29, 1957, ADVISING THAT PURSUANT TO AUTHORITY VESTED IN THE ADMINISTRATOR OF VETERANS AFFAIRS BY 38 U.S.C. 426, AND AS SUGGESTED IN OUR DECISION OF JANUARY 31, 1957, B-130392, YOU ARE DELEGATING AUTHORITY TO CERTAIN CONTRACTING OFFICIALS FOR THE SUBMISSION OF MISTAKES IN BID CASES TO US FOR DECISION.
WE HAVE NO OBJECTION TO THE DELEGATIONS OF AUTHORITY AS MADE. HOWEVER, IT IS TO BE UNDERSTOOD THAT SUCH AUTHORITY, INSOFAR AS CONTRACTING OFFICERS ARE CONCERNED, APPLIES ONLY TO MISTAKES IN BIDS ALLEGED PRIOR TO AWARD OR OTHER QUESTIONS IN CONNECTION WITH BIDS THAT MUST BE RESOLVED PRIOR TO AWARD.