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B-203729, JUN 29, 1981

B-203729 Jun 29, 1981
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DIGEST: PROTEST OF TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY (TVA) PROCUREMENT WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED SINCE GAO IS PRECLUDED BY TVA ACT FROM DISALLOWING CREDIT FOR EXPENDITURES WHICH TVA BOARD DETERMINES NECESSARY IN CARRYING OUT TVA ACT. WE ARE PRECLUDED FROM DISALLOWING CREDIT FOR ANY EXPENDITURE WHICH THE TVA BOARD DETERMINES NECESSARY TO CARRY OUT THE TVA ACT. 16 U.S.C. THE PROTEST IS DISMISSED.

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B-203729, JUN 29, 1981

DIGEST: PROTEST OF TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY (TVA) PROCUREMENT WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED SINCE GAO IS PRECLUDED BY TVA ACT FROM DISALLOWING CREDIT FOR EXPENDITURES WHICH TVA BOARD DETERMINES NECESSARY IN CARRYING OUT TVA ACT.

CORPORATION SONEET:

CORPORATION SONEET PROTESTS AGAINST CERTAIN PROCUREMENT ACTIONS BY THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY (TVA) UNDER SOLICITATION NO. J9-192195.

WE DO NOT CONSIDER PROTESTS INVOLVING TVA PROCUREMENTS. BY STATUTE, WE ARE PRECLUDED FROM DISALLOWING CREDIT FOR ANY EXPENDITURE WHICH THE TVA BOARD DETERMINES NECESSARY TO CARRY OUT THE TVA ACT. 16 U.S.C. SEC. 831HB) (1976). CONSEQUENTLY, EVEN IF WE DISAGREE WITH THE PROPRIETY OF THE TVA ACTIONS, WE WOULD BE UNABLE TO EFFECT ANY REMEDIAL ACTION, AND THUS NO USEFUL PURPOSE WOULD BE SERVED BY CONSIDERATION OF THE PROTEST. DAYTON BAG & BURLAP CO., B-202006, FEBRUARY 13, 1981, 81-1 CPD 98.

ACCORDINGLY, THE PROTEST IS DISMISSED.

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