B-203096, MAY 20, 1981
Highlights
DIGEST: GAO WILL NOT REVIEW PROPRIETY OF FEDERAL AGENCY'S INDIVIDUAL GRANT AWARDS. THE COUNCIL CLAIMS THAT THE AGENCY MADE THE GRANT PRIOR TO A REVIEW OF ITS PROPOSAL AND IT DOES NOT KNOW WHY ITS PROPOSAL WAS NOT SELECTED EVEN THOUGH IT HAS REQUESTED A DEBRIEFING THAT THE AGENCY HAS NOT SCHEDULED TO DATE. OUR OFFICE WILL CONSIDER COMPLAINTS FROM PROSPECTIVE CONTRACTORS CONCERNING THE AWARDS OF CONTRACTS BY GRANTEES UNDER FEDERAL GRANTS IN ORDER TO FOSTER COMPLIANCE WITH GRANT TERMS AND WITH STATUTORY AND AGENCY REGULATIONS. IT IS NOT OUR INTENTION TO INTERFERE WITH THE FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF GRANTOR AGENCIES IN THE MAKING AND ADMINISTERING OF GRANTS. THE PROTEST IS DISMISSED.
B-203096, MAY 20, 1981
DIGEST: GAO WILL NOT REVIEW PROPRIETY OF FEDERAL AGENCY'S INDIVIDUAL GRANT AWARDS.
BALTIMORE COUNCIL FOR EQUAL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY:
THE BALTIMORE COUNCIL FOR EQUAL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY (COUNCIL) PROTESTS THE DECISION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE TO AWARD GRANT NO. 03-10-67003- 00 TO COMMERCIAL CREDIT SERVICES CORPORATION TO PROVIDE MANAGEMENT AND TECHNICAL COUNSELING SERVICES TO MINORITY ENTERPRISES. THE COUNCIL CLAIMS THAT THE AGENCY MADE THE GRANT PRIOR TO A REVIEW OF ITS PROPOSAL AND IT DOES NOT KNOW WHY ITS PROPOSAL WAS NOT SELECTED EVEN THOUGH IT HAS REQUESTED A DEBRIEFING THAT THE AGENCY HAS NOT SCHEDULED TO DATE.
PURSUANT TO OUR PUBLIC NOTICE AT 40 FED.REG. 42406 (1975), OUR OFFICE WILL CONSIDER COMPLAINTS FROM PROSPECTIVE CONTRACTORS CONCERNING THE AWARDS OF CONTRACTS BY GRANTEES UNDER FEDERAL GRANTS IN ORDER TO FOSTER COMPLIANCE WITH GRANT TERMS AND WITH STATUTORY AND AGENCY REGULATIONS. HOWEVER, AS THE PUBLIC NOTICE INDICATES, IT IS NOT OUR INTENTION TO INTERFERE WITH THE FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF GRANTOR AGENCIES IN THE MAKING AND ADMINISTERING OF GRANTS. FOR THAT REASON WE DO NOT CONSIDER THE PROPRIETY OF INDIVIDUAL GRANT AWARDS. ALL INDIAN PUEBLO COUNCIL, INC., B-190092, SEPTEMBER 22, 1977, 77-2 CPD 219.
THE PROTEST IS DISMISSED.