B-196700: Jan 9, 1980

EVEN THOUGH DOLLAR AMOUNT WAS IN EXCESS OF PROCUREMENT AUTHORITY AND APPLICABLE PROCUREMENT REGULATIONS WERE NOT FOLLOWED. PAYMENT MAY BE MADE ON QUANTUM MERUIT BASIS SINCE AMOUNT CLAIMED IS REASONABLE AND PROCUREMENT HAS BEEN IMPLIEDLY RATIFIED. 2. AGENCY FAILURE TO INCLUDE APPLICABLE DAVIS-BACON ACT PROVISIONS TO PURCHASE ORDER DOES NOT BAR PAYMENT TO CONTRACTOR ON QUANTUM MERUIT BASIS AND AS AP...

B-196700: Jan 9, 1980

An authorized certifying officer of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) requested a decision regarding the propriety of paying an invoice for paving. A BLM regional office issued a purchase order for the paving to the firm which submitted the lowest of three orally solicited quotes. The certifying officer questioned the transaction contending that the procurement should have been formally advertis...