B-199552, AUG 5, 1980
Highlights
DIGEST: PROCUREMENT BY LOCAL ORGANIZATION USING FUNDS BORROWED FROM FARMERS HOME ADMINISTRATION IS NEITHER FEDERAL PROCUREMENT NOR PROCUREMENT INVOLVING FEDERAL GRANT FUNDS AND. WILL NOT BE REVIEWED BY GAO. WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE PROCUREMENT IS FUNDED BY A LOAN FROM THE FARMERS HOME ADMINISTRATION (FMHA). THAT IT IS NEITHER A FEDERAL PROCUREMENT NOR A PROCUREMENT UTILIZING FEDERAL GRANT FUNDS. SINCE THE FUNDS INVOLVED ARE FMHA FUNDS AND ARE REPAYABLE. OUR OFFICE WILL NOT CONSIDER THE PROTEST.
B-199552, AUG 5, 1980
DIGEST: PROCUREMENT BY LOCAL ORGANIZATION USING FUNDS BORROWED FROM FARMERS HOME ADMINISTRATION IS NEITHER FEDERAL PROCUREMENT NOR PROCUREMENT INVOLVING FEDERAL GRANT FUNDS AND, THEREFORE, WILL NOT BE REVIEWED BY GAO.
SVENNES CONSTRUCTION, INC.:
SVENNES CONSTRUCTION, INC. HAS PROTESTED THE AWARD OF A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT BY EVERY CITIZEN COUNTS ORGANIZATION (ECCO), MADISON, SOUTH DAKOTA. WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE PROCUREMENT IS FUNDED BY A LOAN FROM THE FARMERS HOME ADMINISTRATION (FMHA), AND THAT IT IS NEITHER A FEDERAL PROCUREMENT NOR A PROCUREMENT UTILIZING FEDERAL GRANT FUNDS.
SINCE THE FUNDS INVOLVED ARE FMHA FUNDS AND ARE REPAYABLE, WITH INTEREST, TO FMHA, AND SINCE THE PROTESTED AWARD INVOLVES NEITHER A PROCUREMENT BY OR FOR AN AGENCY OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, NOR A PROCUREMENT BY A FEDERAL GRANTEE, OUR OFFICE WILL NOT CONSIDER THE PROTEST. CENTRAL CONSTRUCTION, INC., B-187699, FEBRUARY 23, 1977, 77-1 CPD 130.