B-188514, APRIL 5, 1977
Highlights
IS NEITHER FEDERAL PROCUREMENT NOR PROCUREMENT INVOLVING FEDERAL GRANT FUNDS AND IS NOT. AID HAS INFORMALLY ADVISED OUR OFFICE THAT THE FUNDS INVOLVED ARE EXCLUSIVELY THOSE OF THE EGYPTIAN GOVERNMENT. OUR OFFICE WILL NOT CONSIDER THE PROTEST.
B-188514, APRIL 5, 1977
PROCUREMENT BY GOVERNMENT OF EGYPT, USING FUNDS BORROWED FROM AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, IS NEITHER FEDERAL PROCUREMENT NOR PROCUREMENT INVOLVING FEDERAL GRANT FUNDS AND IS NOT, THEREFORE, SUBJECT TO REVIEW BY GAO.
ALLIS-CHALMERS CORPORATION:
ALLIS-CHALMERS CORPORATION PROTESTS ANY AWARD UNDER AN INVITATION FOR BIDS ISSUED PURSUANT TO AN AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT (AID) LOAN AGREEMENT FOR THE GREATER CAIRO WATER SUPPLY BOOSTING STATION NO. 2. AID HAS INFORMALLY ADVISED OUR OFFICE THAT THE FUNDS INVOLVED ARE EXCLUSIVELY THOSE OF THE EGYPTIAN GOVERNMENT, OBTAINED THROUGH A LOAN FROM AID, REPAYABLE WITH INTEREST.
SINCE THE PROTESTED PROCUREMENT 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; B-169755, OCTOBER 6, 1970; B-169468, MAY 27, 1970; B-168809, MARCH 17, 1970.