B-148863, JUN. 12, 1962
Highlights
TO THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY: REFERENCE IS MADE TO LETTER DATED FEBRUARY 16. REPRESENTING THE ALLEGED REPLACEMENT COST OF CERTAIN COMPONENTS WHICH WERE MISSING FROM MACHINERY PURCHASED FROM THE GOVERNMENT UNDER CONTRACT NO. THE CLAIM WAS DISALLOWED BY THE CLAIMS DIVISION OF THIS OFFICE. IT IS STATED IN THIRD ENDORSEMENT DATED FEBRUARY 6.
B-148863, JUN. 12, 1962
TO THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY:
REFERENCE IS MADE TO LETTER DATED FEBRUARY 16, 1962, FROM THE U.S. NAVY REGIONAL ACCOUNTS OFFICE, WASHINGTON, D.C., REFERENCE FR-10 (ACC:MW), 7240 (B), C1 VOU NO. 184804, FORWARDING THE CLAIM OF BOND INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY COMPANY FOR $1,844.02, REPRESENTING THE ALLEGED REPLACEMENT COST OF CERTAIN COMPONENTS WHICH WERE MISSING FROM MACHINERY PURCHASED FROM THE GOVERNMENT UNDER CONTRACT NO. N-62775-S 190, DATED JULY 17, 1961.
THE CLAIM WAS DISALLOWED BY THE CLAIMS DIVISION OF THIS OFFICE, BY SETTLEMENT DATED MARCH 30, 1962, WHICH ACTION HAS BEEN SUSTAINED IN OUR LETTER OF TODAY TO THE CLAIMANT, COPY ENCLOSED.
HOWEVER, IT IS STATED IN THIRD ENDORSEMENT DATED FEBRUARY 6, 1962, FROM THE CHIEF OF NAVAL MATERIAL, THAT THE ROBERTSHAW-FULTON CONTROLS COMPANY, WHICH HAS BEEN ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE INVOLVED ITEMS OF EQUIPMENT, HAS OFFERED TO REIMBURSE THE GOVERNMENT IN THE APPROXIMATE AMOUNT OF $444, BASED ON APPLICATION OF THE RATIO OF MISSING COMPONENTS TO THE PRICES PAID UNDER THE CONTRACT, AND THE CLAIMANT, IN ITS LETTER OF APRIL 27, 1962, COPY ENCLOSED, HAS REQUESTED THAT CONSIDERATION BE GIVEN TO PAYMENT ON THIS BASIS. THE AMOUNT OFFERED SHOULD THEREFORE BE COLLECTED FROM ROBERTSHAW-FULTON CONTROLS COMPANY AND PAID TO BOND INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY COMPANY.