Article Review on "UCC v. Government Contracting"

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Government and UCC Contracts Revision (Reduced length of paper)

Understanding Contract Theories and Formation

Relationship of FAR and UCC in subcontracting. Gabbard, E.G. (2011). Relationship of far and ucc in subcontracting. Retrieved June 10, 2011 from http://www. fasmg. org/farucc. HTML The first article titled "Relationship of FAR and UCC in Subcontracting" by Ernest G. Gabbard director of procurement at Teledyne Enterprises. In formulating a Government contract, the requirement is to have specific contracting authority as one of the consenting parties. There are formalized Termination & Convenience clauses and certain mandated terms. The offer and acceptance by the parties is unequivocal and cannot easily be rescinded.

Consider this second article from a government contract case law example:

Agredano v. U.S., -F.3d- (2010 WL 537160, Fed. Cir., 2010).

Article 2: Vehicle bought from the government should include buyer beware.

Cengage Learning, (2011). Buyer beware applies to vehicle bought by the government. June 12, 2010 from http://www.swlearning.com/blaw/cases/sales/0410_sales_01.html

Buyer beware applies to vehicle bought by the government.

The plantiff purchased a vehicle from a government auction where autos seized or forfeited were for sale. Agredano then signed a contract agreement to buy the car 'as is' (Cengage, 2011). This implies there is no warranty or return of the vehicle if there is a mechanical failure or the auto is no longer wanted by the buyer.

The car was a Nissan manufactured in 1987. While traveling in Mexico, the plantiff was pulled over and the car was searched. The car had been used previously by drug dealers. During the search of the vehicle, some marijuana was found in the vehicle (Cengage, 2011). Though the marijuana had been there prior to Agredano's purchase, he was put in prison for a period of one year. Agredano appealed the verdict and was freed after convincing the appellate court that the drugs were not his. Agredano then focused his attention on pursuing a case against the government auction site that sold him a vehicle that had illegal drugs in it. His argument was that there was the implied in fact warranty that would cover the presence of illegal drugs (Cengage, 2011). The result was a court ruling in Agredano's favor. But the government appealed this verdict, the Government contract formed with Agredano stated the purchase warranty was 'as 'is' and that it did not include an implication of legal nor illegal drugs. The appellate court maintained that there was no obligation for the government to locate or eliminate any drugs from the vehicle. The buyer purchased the car 'as is' thereby releasing the government of any responsibility.

Therefore the government prevailed stating "the government had no responsibility to remove drugs from forfeited vehicles does not provide a contractual warranty to future purchases of the vehicles" (Cengage, 2011). The government is not liable for any neglect to remove illegal drugs from the vehicle and there is no "contractual remedy" since the car was sold "as is" (Cengage, 2011). In addition to this the buyer was aware that the car had been used by drug dealers. Therefore any warranty claims were not valid.

In an analysis and evaluation of this government contract case, the Bargaining Position in government FAR contracts, there are set protocols for making changes or discussing the contract using ethical code of conduct. Having the right people in the room to make the required decisions is necessary in government contracts compared to UCC.

Government Contracts Requirements

In bringing this case to court, legal council was enlisted to ensure proper contract protocols were followed. Some of those of the protocols are that any warranty terms must be specifically laid out in detail to be valid. Gabbard also points out that there may be distinct inspection of the products or services before terms can be agreed or satisfied. The amount of damages that can be awarded… READ MORE

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