B-188423, MARCH 15, 1977
Highlights
PROTEST UNDER TVA PROCUREMENT WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED SINCE GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE IS PRECLUDED BY TVA ACT FROM DISALLOWING CREDIT FOR EXPENDITURES MADE BY TVA IN CARRYING OUT TVA ACT. WHILE OUR OFFICE WILL UNDER 4 C.F.R. 20.1(A) (1976) ENTERTAIN PROTESTS AGAINST VARIOUS PROCUREMENT ACTIONS TAKEN BY OR FOR AN AGENCY OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WHOSE ACCOUNTS ARE SUBJECT TO SETTLEMENT BY THE GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE. WE WILL NOT CONSIDER THE PROTEST.
B-188423, MARCH 15, 1977
PROTEST UNDER TVA PROCUREMENT WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED SINCE GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE IS PRECLUDED BY TVA ACT FROM DISALLOWING CREDIT FOR EXPENDITURES MADE BY TVA IN CARRYING OUT TVA ACT, AND REMEDIAL ACTION, IF CONSIDERED NECESSARY, WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE.
TUBE TURNS DIVISION, CHEMETRON CORPORATION:
THE TUBE TURNS DIVISION OF THE CHEMETRON CORPORATION PROTESTS THE CANCELLATION OF A SOLICITATION ISSUED BY THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY (TVA) AND THE TVA'S DETERMINATION TO RESOLICIT THE PROCUREMENT.
WHILE OUR OFFICE WILL UNDER 4 C.F.R. 20.1(A) (1976) ENTERTAIN PROTESTS AGAINST VARIOUS PROCUREMENT ACTIONS TAKEN BY OR FOR AN AGENCY OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WHOSE ACCOUNTS ARE SUBJECT TO SETTLEMENT BY THE GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE, 16 U.S.C. 831HB) (1970) PRECLUDES OUR OFFICE FROM DISALLOWING CREDIT FOR ANY EXPENDITURE WHICH THE TVA DETERMINES NECESSARY TO CARRY OUT THE TVA ACT. CONSEQUENTLY, EVEN SHOULD WE DISAGREE WITH THE PROPRIETY OF THE TVA ACTIONS WE WOULD BE UNABLE TO EFFECT ANY REMEDIAL ACTION, AND THUS NO USEFUL PURPOSE WOULD BE SERVED BY OUR CONSIDERATION OF THE PROTEST. NATIONAL VALVE AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY, B-180725, MARCH 12, 1974, 74-1 CPD 132; COMMUNITRONICS LTD., B-186800, AUGUST 9, 1976, 76-2 CPD 141.
ACCORDINGLY, WE WILL NOT CONSIDER THE PROTEST.