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 2016-06-23 U.S. Government Publishing Office 1998-12-04 monographic deposited born digital 5 p. GA 1.13:B-280945 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-280945 P0b002ee18fd47b95 f:2809452 DGPO 2016-06-23 2016-06-23 GAOREPORTS-B-280945 machine generated eng fdlp COMPTROLLERDECISION GAOREPORTS-B-280945 B-280945 Comptroller General Decision 1. Award under solicitation for construction services would not result in a binding requirements contract, where the solicitation does not obligate the agency to order any work at all from any individual contractor, and where, despite government promise to allow awardees to enter into limited competition for future task orders, the contracting officer can deny contractors the right to compete if it is "in the best interest of the government"; a party may not reserve to itself a method of unlimited exculpation without rendering the promises illusory and the contract void.<p/>2. Award under solicitation for construction services would not result in a binding indefinite-quantity contract where it contains no obligatory minimum quantity, rendering the government's obligations illusory and, therefore, unenforceable. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-280945/html/GAOREPORTS-B-280945.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-280945/pdf/GAOREPORTS-B-280945.pdf GAO/B-280945 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-280945 Comptroller General Decision GAO/B-280945; Satellite Services, Inc., B-280945; B-280945.2; B-280945.3,;