B-147489: Dec 13, 1961

THE ITEM PURCHASED WAS DESCRIBED IN THE INVITATION AS "BRASS SCRAP" WEIGHING APPROXIMATELY 96. 000 POUNDS SHIPPED TO HIM AND CHARGED AT THE CONTRACT RATE WAS MADE UP OF INFERIOR STEEL SCRAP WHICH WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE ITEM AT THE TIME OF HIS INSPECTION PRIOR TO AWARD. CONTENDS THAT THE MATERIAL SHIPPED WAS ONLY THAT REPRESENTED TO THE CLAIMANT TO BE INCLUDED IN THE ITEM AT THE TIME OF HIS INSPEC...

B-147489: Dec 13, 1961

TO WESTERN NON-FERROUS METALS CORPORATION: WE HAVE YOUR LETTER OF OCTOBER 16. YOU CONTEND THAT IN ADDITION TO THE MATERIAL INSPECTED AS PART OF THE ITEM YOU WERE AWARDED. YOU WERE SHIPPED SOME 28 TONS OF INFERIOR SCRAP WHICH WERE REPRESENTED TO YOU AS NOT INCLUDED IN THE ITEM. WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED BY THE CONTRACTING AGENCY THAT YOU WERE SHIPPED AND CHARGED FOR ONLY MATERIAL REPRESENTED TO HAVE BEE...