B-224668, SEP 24, 1986
Highlights
PROTEST CHALLENGING AWARD OF CONTRACT BY NONFEDERAL ENTITY IS DISMISSED EVEN THOUGH CONTRACT MAY BE FUNDED BY LOAN FROM FEDERAL AGENCY. THE SOLICITATION WAS ISSUED AND THE AWARD MADE BY CATHOLIC CHARITIES BUREAU. WHICH CLEARLY IS NOT A FEDERAL AGENCY. THE PROTEST IS DISMISSED.
B-224668, SEP 24, 1986
CONTRACTS - PROTESTS - AUTHORITY TO CONSIDER - ACTIVITIES NOT INVOLVING FEDERAL PROCUREMENT DIGEST: SINCE GAO BID PROTEST AUTHORITY EXTENDS ONLY TO PROTESTS CONCERNING SOLICITATIONS ISSUED BY OR FOR FEDERAL AGENCIES, PROTEST CHALLENGING AWARD OF CONTRACT BY NONFEDERAL ENTITY IS DISMISSED EVEN THOUGH CONTRACT MAY BE FUNDED BY LOAN FROM FEDERAL AGENCY.
LAC COURTE OREILLES DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION:
LAC COURTE OREILLES DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (LCO) PROTESTS THE AWARD OF A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT TO RYDEBERG CONSTRUCTION, BY CATHOLIC CHARITIES BUREAU, INC.
UNDER THE COMPETITION IN CONTRACTING ACT OF 1984 (CICA), 31 U.S.C. SEC. 3551 ET SEQ. (SUPP. III 1985), AND OUR IMPLEMENTING BID PROTEST REGULATIONS, 4 C.F.R. SEC. 21.1 (A) (1986), OUR OFFICE CONSIDERS PROTESTS THAT INVOLVE SOLICITATIONS ISSUED BY OR FOR FEDERAL AGENCIES FOR THE PROCUREMENT OF PROPERTY OR SERVICES. HERE, ALTHOUGH IT APPEARS THAT THE CONTRACT MAY BE FINANCED THROUGH A LOAN FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, A FEDERAL AGENCY, THE SOLICITATION WAS ISSUED AND THE AWARD MADE BY CATHOLIC CHARITIES BUREAU, WHICH CLEARLY IS NOT A FEDERAL AGENCY. THUS, THE MATTER DOES NOT FALL WITHIN OUR BID PROTEST AUTHORITY. SEE ENVIRONMENTAL TECTONICS CORP., B-222483, APR. 16, 1986, 65 COMP.GEN. ***, 86,1 CPD PARA. 377.
THE PROTEST IS DISMISSED.