[Request for Remission of Liquidated Damages]

A firm requested the remission of liquidated damages assessed under a contract awarded by the Bureau of Reclamation for turbine replacement runners. The liquidated damages were imposed for failure to ship the runners in accord with the contract shipment dates. A favorable recommendation by the head of the contracting agency is a prerequisite to remission action by GAO. Since the agency recommended denial, GAO declined to grant the requested relief.