B-186415, MAY 12, 1976
Highlights
SINCE ACCOUNTS OF WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY ARE NOT SUBJECT TO SETTLEMENT BY GAO. PROTESTS RELATIVE TO ITS PROCUREMENTS ARE NOT FOR CONSIDERATION BY GAO. PROVIDE FOR CONSIDERATION OF PROTESTS INVOLVING AWARDS OR PROPOSED AWARDS OF CONTRACTS BY OR FOR AN AGENCY OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WHOSE ACCOUNTS ARE SUBJECT TO SETTLEMENT BY THE GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE. WE ARE CLOSING OUR FILE ON THE MATTER WITHOUT FURTHER ACTION.
B-186415, MAY 12, 1976
SINCE ACCOUNTS OF WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY ARE NOT SUBJECT TO SETTLEMENT BY GAO, PROTESTS RELATIVE TO ITS PROCUREMENTS ARE NOT FOR CONSIDERATION BY GAO.
MONOGRAM SANITATION SYSTEMS, INC.:
MONOGRAM SANITATION SYSTEMS, INC. (MONOGRAM) HAS PROTESTED THE AWARD OF A CONTRACT BY THE WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY (WMATA) FOR TEMPORARY SANITATION FACILITIES FOR CERTAIN BICENTENNIAL PARKING AREAS.
THE BID PROTEST PROCEDURES OF OUR OFFICE, 40 FED. REG. 17979 (1975), PROVIDE FOR CONSIDERATION OF PROTESTS INVOLVING AWARDS OR PROPOSED AWARDS OF CONTRACTS BY OR FOR AN AGENCY OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WHOSE ACCOUNTS ARE SUBJECT TO SETTLEMENT BY THE GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE. SINCE THIS OFFICE HAS NO SETTLEMENT AUTHORITY OVER THE ACCOUNTS OF WMATA, WE MUST DECLINE TO CONSIDER PROTESTS CONCERNING PROCUREMENTS BY WMATA. SEE SQUARE DEAL TRUCKING CO., INC., B-184989, NOVEMBER 18, 1975, 75-2 CPD 326; BLAKE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, B-185713, FEBRUARY 5, 1976, 76-1 CPD 76.
ACCORDINGLY, WE ARE CLOSING OUR FILE ON THE MATTER WITHOUT FURTHER ACTION.