B-216684, OCT 18, 1984, 84-2 CPD 422
Highlights
CONTRACTS - PROTESTS - AUTHORITY TO CONSIDER - TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY PROCUREMENTS DIGEST: GAO WILL NOT REVIEW TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY (TVA) PROCUREMENT BECAUSE GAO IS PRECLUDED BY THE TVA ACT FOR DISALLOWING CREDIT FOR EXPENDITURES WHICH TVA BOARD DETERMINES NECESSARY IN CARRYING OUT TVA ACT. IS UNDULY RESTRICTIVE AND BIASED TOWARD ONE VENDOR. WE ARE PRECLUDED FROM DISALLOWING CREDIT FOR ANY EXPENDITURE WHICH THE TVA BOARD DETERMINES NECESSARY TO CARRY OUT THE TVA ACT. 16 U.S.C. EVEN IF WE WERE TO DISAGREE WITH THE PROPRIETY OF TVA ACTION. THE PROTEST IS DISMISSED.
B-216684, OCT 18, 1984, 84-2 CPD 422
CONTRACTS - PROTESTS - AUTHORITY TO CONSIDER - TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY PROCUREMENTS DIGEST: GAO WILL NOT REVIEW TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY (TVA) PROCUREMENT BECAUSE GAO IS PRECLUDED BY THE TVA ACT FOR DISALLOWING CREDIT FOR EXPENDITURES WHICH TVA BOARD DETERMINES NECESSARY IN CARRYING OUT TVA ACT.
NCR CORPORATION:
NCR CORPORATION PROTESTS THAT SOLICITATION NO. J-2-693635, ISSUED BY THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY (TVA) FOR COMPUTER OUTPUT MICROFILM UNITS, IS UNDULY RESTRICTIVE AND BIASED TOWARD ONE VENDOR.
WE DO NOT CONSIDER PROTESTS INVOLVING TVA PROCUREMENTS. BY STATUTE, WE ARE PRECLUDED FROM DISALLOWING CREDIT FOR ANY EXPENDITURE WHICH THE TVA BOARD DETERMINES NECESSARY TO CARRY OUT THE TVA ACT. 16 U.S.C. SEC. 831HB) (1982). EVEN IF WE WERE TO DISAGREE WITH THE PROPRIETY OF TVA ACTION, WE WOULD BE UNABLE TO EFFECT ANY REMEDIAL ACTION; THUS, NO USEFUL PURPOSE WOULD BE SERVED BY OUR CONSIDERATION OF THE PROTEST. BILL CONKLIN ASSOCIATES, INC., B-215418, JUNE 12, 1984, 84-1 CPD PARA. 624.
THE PROTEST IS DISMISSED.