WORDS AND PHRASES-Continued
Twenty-five mile point
Agency may issue regulations limiting the mileage allowable to an
employee traveling to and from his residence where his residence is out-
side the limits of his headquarters to the distance between the origin
or destination of his trip and a point not exceeding 25 miles from the
corporate limits of his official duty station measured in the direction of
his residence (25-mile point). However, where employee maintains
residence at headquarters from which he commutes daily to work and
another residence 103 miles away which he visits on weekends, when
traveling from airport after official trip, he is entitled to mileage from
airport to residence at headquarters----
Unbalanced bids
As general rule, mathematically unbalanced bid-bid based on
enhanced prices for some work and nominal prices for other work-may
be accepted if agency, upon examination, believes IFB's estimate of
work requirements is reasonably accurate representation of actual
anticipated needs. But where examination discloses that estimate is not
reasonably accurate, proper course of action is to cancel IFB and re-
solicit, based upon revised estimate. B-161208, Aug. 8, 1967, modified__
White House Police (changed to Executive Protective Service)
Under sec. 501 of D.C. Police and Firemen's Salary Act of 1958, as
amended, officers and members of U.S. Park Police and Executive
Protective Service (formerly White House Police) are entitled to same
rates of compensation as those granted under that Act to Metropolitan
Police Force of D.C. By virtue of sec. 501, enactment of legislation by
Council of D.C. increasing salaries of Metropolitan Police under 1958
Act will have effect of granting like increases to U.S. Park Police and
Executive Protective Service until Congress otherwise provides.
"Win" Program
Protests against award of contracts because possible competitive
advantages may accrue to competitors availing themselves of "WIN"
program (providing for limited wage rate reimbursement and tax
benefits for hiring and training of welfare recipients) are denied since
matter is conjectural and any competitive advantages would not result
from preferential or unfair treatment by Govt. While possible ramifi-
cation of WIN program might be inconsistent with one purpose of
Service Contract Act of 1965, program is not contrary to any provision
of Act...
U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1977 0-232-098