B-213213, OCT 11, 1983
Highlights
DIGEST: PROTEST CONCERNING PROCUREMENT BY TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY (TVA) WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED BECAUSE THE GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE IS PRECLUDED BY TVA ACT FROM DISALLOWING CREDIT FOR EXPENDITURES WHICH TVA BOARD DETERMINES IS NECESSARY TO CARRY OUT PURPOSES OF TVA ACT. THE TVA BOARD HAS BROAD AUTHORITY AND WE ARE PRECLUDED FROM DISALLOWING CREDIT FOR ANY EXPENDITURE WHICH THE TVA BOARD DETERMINES NECESSARY TO CARRY OUT THE TVA ACT. EVEN IF WE WERE TO DISAGREE WITH THE PROPRIETY OF TVA ACTIONS. THE PROTEST IS DISMISSED.
B-213213, OCT 11, 1983
DIGEST: PROTEST CONCERNING PROCUREMENT BY TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY (TVA) WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED BECAUSE THE GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE IS PRECLUDED BY TVA ACT FROM DISALLOWING CREDIT FOR EXPENDITURES WHICH TVA BOARD DETERMINES IS NECESSARY TO CARRY OUT PURPOSES OF TVA ACT.
TEREX CORPORATION:
TEREX CORPORATION (TEREX) PROTESTS ALLEGED IMPROPRIETIES IN INVITATION FOR BIDS NO. 5-933366 ISSUED BY THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY (TVA).
WE DO NOT CONSIDER PROTESTS INVOLVING TVA PROCUREMENTS. BY STATUTE, THE TVA BOARD HAS BROAD AUTHORITY AND WE ARE PRECLUDED FROM DISALLOWING CREDIT FOR ANY EXPENDITURE WHICH THE TVA BOARD DETERMINES NECESSARY TO CARRY OUT THE TVA ACT. SEE 16 U.S.C. SEC. 831HB) (1982). THUS, EVEN IF WE WERE TO DISAGREE WITH THE PROPRIETY OF TVA ACTIONS, WE WOULD BE UNABLE TO EFFECT ANY REMEDIAL ACTION; THEREFORE, NO USEFUL PURPOSE WOULD BE SERVED BY OUR CONSIDERATION OF THE PROTEST. INTERIOR STEEL EQUIPMENT CO., B-208524, SEPTEMBER 7, 1982, 82-2 CPD 202.
THE PROTEST IS DISMISSED.