United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao_comptroller_general legislative 2016-06-24 U.S. Government Publishing Office 1997-07-31 monographic deposited born digital 4 p. GA 1.13:B-277384 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-277384 P0b002ee18fd4c772 f:277384 DGPO 2016-06-24 2016-06-24 GAOREPORTS-B-277384 machine generated eng fdlp COMPTROLLERDECISION GAOREPORTS-B-277384 B-277384 Comptroller General Decision Where the cognizant funding official advised the contracting officer that funding necessary to award the solicitation's option quantities was expected to be included in future appropriations legislation, or else would be allocated from other available operation and maintenance funds, the contracting officer reasonably determined that funding would be available to exercise the option quantities; under these circumstances, contracting officer properly determined that there was no basis to exclude option quantity pricing from the bid evaluation. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-277384/html/GAOREPORTS-B-277384.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-277384/pdf/GAOREPORTS-B-277384.pdf GAO/B-277384 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-277384 Comptroller General Decision GAO/B-277384; Charles J. Merlo, Inc., B-277384, July 31, 1997;