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B-147608: Jun 04, 1962

YOU WERE DECLARED TO BE IN DEFAULT OF YOUR CONTRACT. DELIVERY WAS NOT MADE AS REQUIRED AND THE ITEMS WERE REPURCHASED LOCALLY FROM J. EXCESS COST IN THE AMOUNT OF $288.71 WAS CHARGED AGAINST YOUR ACCOUNT. IT WAS REPORTED BY THE GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION THAT THE DEFAULTED CONTRACT WAS BASED ON A CORRELATED GROUP OF SOFT WOOD (KNOTTY PINE) AND THAT THERE IS NO OTHER KNOWN SOURCE OF A CORRELAT...

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B-147608: Feb 07, 1962

INC.: FURTHER REFERENCE IS MADE TO YOUR LETTER DATED NOVEMBER 13. PROTESTING THE ACTION OF THE GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION IN HOLDING THAT YOUR CONCERN IS LIABLE FOR CERTAIN EXCESS COSTS INCURRED BY THE GOVERNMENT ARISING OUT OF OPEN MARKET PURCHASES OF FURNITURE FOLLOWING CANCELLATION OF CONTRACT NO. IT WAS STATED IN YOUR LETTER. THE CONTRACT WAS CANCELLED BY THAT AGENCY. WHEREIN THERE WERE S...

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B-147608: Sep 21, 1962

IN THE PRIOR DECISIONS WE ACCEPTED THE ADMINISTRATIVE DETERMINATION THAT THE ITEMS WHICH THE PROCURING ACTIVITY COULD HAVE ORDERED THROUGH THE FSS FROM A. WERE NOT. WE AGREED THAT YOUR ACCOUNT WAS PROPERLY CHARGED FOR $228.71. YOU NOW ALLEGE THAT THE TEN ITEMS PROCURED FROM HUDSON WERE IN TURN PURCHASED FROM BRANDT BY HUDSON. YOU FURTHER ALLEGE THAT FIVE OF THESE ITEMS COULD HAVE BEEN PURCHASED AT...

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B-147608: Aug 10, 1962

THE ITEMS WERE REPURCHASED LOCALLY. EXCESS COST IN THE AMOUNT OF $228.71 WAS CHARGED AGAINST YOUR ACCOUNT. YOU SAY THAT AS A RESULT OF THE LOCAL PURCHASE THE PRICES PAID WERE HIGHER THAN IF THE ITEMS WERE PURCHASED THROUGH GSA. THE FURNITURE AVAILABLE FROM THE GSA SCHEDULE CONTRACT WAS NOT COMPARABLE TO THE KNOTTY PINE FURNITURE REQUIRED BY YOUR DEFAULTED CONTRACT WHEREAS THE LOCAL FURNITURE WAS C...