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February 28, 2000
The General Accounting Office (GAO) today issued the following
Decisions and Opinions of the Comptroller General:
No decisions were posted to the internet today.
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March 1, 2000
The General Accounting Office (GAO) today issued the following
Decisions and Opinions of the Comptroller General:
Appropriations Decisions:
-  Tennessee Valley Authority--False Claims Act Recoveries, B-281064,
   February 14, 2000
 
http://www.gao.gov/decisions/appro/281064.htm
   The Inspector General of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
   asks whether the TVA Act permits TVA to deposit in the TVA Fund
   the full amount of any recovery by the United States pursuant to
   the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. &sect; 3729, including double and
   treble damages. The False Claims Act authorizes the government to
   recover a civil penalty of $5,000 to $10,000, plus two or three
   times the amount of damages that the government sustained because
   of a false or fraudulent claim filed with the government. 31
   U.S.C. &sect; 3729(a). Currently, the Department of Justice
   (Justice), which litigates all actions brought by the United
   States pursuant to the False Claims Act, turns over to TVA only
   single damages recovered in actions involving false claims filed
   with TVA. Justice deposits any double and treble damages into the
   U.S. Treasury pursuant to 31 U.S.C. &sect; 3302. For the reasons
   stated below, we conclude that the TVA Act does not authorize TVA
   to deposit double and treble damages into the TVA Fund. TVA
   should deposit into the Fund any recoveries of actual damages it
   incurred as a result of a false claim (i.e., single damages), as
   well as any costs it incurred in investigating the false claim.
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March 2, 2000
The General Accounting Office (GAO) today issued the following
Decisions and Opinions of the Comptroller General:
Bid Protest Decisions:
-  Ocuto Blacktop & Paving Company, Inc., B-284165, March 1, 2000
 
http://www.gao.gov/decisions/bidpro/284165.htm
   Ocuto Blacktop & Paving Company, Inc. protests the award of a
   contract to Cape Environmental Management Inc. by the Army Corps
   of Engineers for the capping of a landfill at the former Griffis
   Air Force Base (AFB) in Rome, New York. Ocutu complains that the
   Corps failed to consider awarding the work to businesses located
   in the vicinity of Griffis, in violation of section 2912 of the
   National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994, Pub. L.
   No. 103-160, which established a preference for contracting with
   local, small, and small disadvantaged businesses for work
   associated with closing or realigning military installations
   under a base closure law. This preference explicitly includes
   "contracts to carry out activities for the environmental
   restoration and mitigation" of such installations, as here. Pub.
   L. No. 103-160, &sect; 2912(a) (set forth at 10 U.S.C. &sect;
   2687 note (1994)).
   We sustain the protest.
-  Enco Dredging, B-284107, February 22, 2000
 
http://www.gao.gov/decisions/bidpro/284107.htm
   Enco Dredging protests the award to L.W. Matteson, Inc. of an
   indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract under
   invitation for bids (IFB) No. 99-SI-34-0412, issued by the Yuma
   (Arizona) Area Office of the Bureau of Reclamation (BOR),
   Department of the Interior, to obtain maintenance dredging of the
   Colorado River above the Imperial Dam. Enco basically contends
   that Matteson's bid should have been rejected as nonresponsive.
   We deny the protest.
-  A. G. Cullen Construction, Inc., B-284049.2, February 22, 2000
 
http://www.gao.gov/decisions/bidpro/2840492.htm
   A. G. Cullen Construction, Inc. protests the rejection of its
   offer and the award of a contract to DiCicco Contracting Company
   under request for proposals (RFP) No. F36629-99-R-0001, issued by
   the Department of the Air Force to maintain, alter, and repair
   the Base Supply, Building 312 and widen Alpha Street at
   Pittsburgh Air Reserve Station. Cullen contends that its
   proposal, which was lowest in price, should have been selected
   for award.
   We deny the protest.
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March 3, 2000
The General Accounting Office (GAO) today issued the following
Decisions and Opinions of the Comptroller General:
Bid Protest Decisions:
-  EA Industries, Inc., B-284078, February 15, 2000
 
http://www.gao.gov/decisions/bidpro/284078.htm
   EA Industries, Inc. protests the exclusion of its proposal from
   the competitive range for a contract to be awarded under request
   for proposals (RFP) No. SPO100-99-R-0012, issued by the Defense
   Logistics Agency, Defense Supply Center Philadelphia, for combat
   coats.
   We deny the protest.
-  Saco Defense Corporation, B-283885, January 20, 2000
 
http://www.gao.gov/decisions/bidpro/283885.htm
   Matter of: Saco Defense Corporation
   We sustain the protest.
-  EAI Corporation, B-283541, December 6, 1999
 
http://www.gao.gov/decisions/bidpro/283541.htm
   Matter of: EAI Corporation
   1. Protest alleging that awardee's proposed pricing was not
   subjected to an adequate price analysis is denied where record
   reflects that the analysis was reasonable and in accordance with
   stated price evaluation methodology set forth in the
   solicitation.
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