B-160577: Feb 26, 1968

IN VIEW OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE POSITION THAT THE LISTING OF ROADS FOR CONSTRUCTION IN A TIMBER SALES CONTRACT HAD NO DIRECT CORRELATION TO THE AMORTIZATION OF ROAD CONSTRUCTION COSTS BUT INSTEAD THAT ROAD CONSTRUCTION WAS TO BE DETERMINED BY THE CONTRACTOR AS IT HARVESTED THE TIMBER. IN VIEW OF THE CORPORATION'S POSITION THAT THERE WAS NO CONTRACT REQUIREMENT TO BUILD THE LISTED .97-MILE SECTION SI...

B-160577: Feb 02, 1967

TO THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE: REFERENCE IS MADE TO A LETTER DATED DECEMBER 19. THE CONTRACT WAS AWARDED ON DECEMBER 31. FOR THIS TIMBER WHICH WAS APPRAISED AND ADVERTISED AT AN AVERAGE OF $23.26 PER M B.F. THE CONTRACT TERMINATION DATE IS MARCH 31. TIMBER CUTTING AND REMOVAL WERE COMPLETED IN SEPTEMBER 1966. THE ESTIMATED COST OF SUCH CONSTRUCTION AS USED IN THE APPRAISAL AND PROVIDED FOR IN TH...