https://www.gao.gov/products/138892

B-230909: Jun 12, 1989

The Urban Mass Transportation Administration (UMTA) requested a decision regarding its authority to directly pay a subcontractor's claim under a cooperative agreement to locate disadvantaged businesses. UMTA advised that: (1) the firm which held the cooperative agreement subcontracted with the claimant to provide some of the services; (2) the subcontractor submitted the claim directly to UMTA afte...

https://www.gao.gov/products/420910

B-230909: Jun 12, 1989

PROCUREMENT - Payment/Discharge - Cooperative agreements - Subcontractors Since UMTA does not have privity of contract with the subcontractor. There is no basis upon which to pay a claim made by a subcontractor when the claim has not been made with the consent and in the name of the recipient of the cooperative agreement that entered into the subcontract. Claim of Subcontractor: We have been asked...