B-238548: Feb 5, 1991

The Department of the Navy, Office of General Counsel, asks whether funds originally obligated for a contract in fiscal year 1989 are available for a replacement contract in a subsequent fiscal year where the Navy has determined as a result of a protest that the original contract was awarded improperly and proposes to terminate the original contract for convenience.We find that the prior year fund...

B-238548: Feb 5, 1991

APPROPRIATIONS/FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT - Appropriation Availability - Time availability - Fiscal-year appropriation - Replacement contracts When a contracting officer terminates a contract for the convenience of the government as a result of his or her determination that the award was clearly erroneous. Provided the conditions specified in 68 Comp.Gen. 158 are satisfied and the contracting officer's...