B-191632, APR 21, 1978
Highlights
PROCUREMENT BY CHUGACH ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION USING FUNDS BORROWED FROM RURAL ELECTRIFICATION ADMINISTRATION IS NEITHER FEDERAL PROCUREMENT NOR PROCUREMENT INVOLVING FEDERAL GRANT FUNDS AND. WILL NOT BE REVIEWED BY GAO. THE CONDENSER IS TO BE PROCURED BY THE CHUGACH ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION (ASSOCIATION). THE RURAL ELECTRIFICATION ADMINISTRATION (REA) HAS ADVISED OUR OFFICE THAT THE FUNDS INVOLVED ARE EXCLUSIVELY THOSE OF THE ASSOCIATION. OUR OFFICE WILL NOT CONSIDER THE MATTER.
B-191632, APR 21, 1978
PROCUREMENT BY CHUGACH ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION USING FUNDS BORROWED FROM RURAL ELECTRIFICATION ADMINISTRATION IS NEITHER FEDERAL PROCUREMENT NOR PROCUREMENT INVOLVING FEDERAL GRANT FUNDS AND, THEREFORE, WILL NOT BE REVIEWED BY GAO.
HUDSON PRODUCTS CORPORATION:
HUDSON PRODUCTS CORPORATION PROTESTS THE SOLE-SOURCE PROCUREMENT FROM A FOREIGN SUPPLIER OF AN ELECTRIC UTILITY AIR-COOLED STEAM CONDENSER. THE CONDENSER IS TO BE PROCURED BY THE CHUGACH ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION (ASSOCIATION). THE RURAL ELECTRIFICATION ADMINISTRATION (REA) HAS ADVISED OUR OFFICE THAT THE FUNDS INVOLVED ARE EXCLUSIVELY THOSE OF THE ASSOCIATION, OBTAINED THROUGH A LOAN FROM REA, AND REPAYABLE TO REA.
SINCE THE PROTEST 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 MATTER. NEW ENGLAND INSULATION CO., B-188784, APRIL 21, 1977, 77-1 CPD 276.