B-215418, JUN 12, 1984
Highlights
DIGEST: GAO WILL NOT REVIEW TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY (TVA) PROCUREMENT BECAUSE GAO IS PRECLUDED BY TVA ACT FOR DISALLOWING CREDIT FOR EXPENDITURES WHICH TVA BOARD DETERMINES NECESSARY IN CARRYING OUT TVA ACT. ARE UNDULY RESTRICTIVE OF COMPETITION AND OVERSTATE THE GOVERNMENT'S MINIMUM NEEDS. 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. EVEN IF WE WERE TO DISAGREE WITH THE PROPRIETY OF TVA ACTIONS. THE PROTEST IS DISMISSED.
B-215418, JUN 12, 1984
DIGEST: GAO WILL NOT REVIEW TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY (TVA) PROCUREMENT BECAUSE GAO IS PRECLUDED BY TVA ACT FOR DISALLOWING CREDIT FOR EXPENDITURES WHICH TVA BOARD DETERMINES NECESSARY IN CARRYING OUT TVA ACT.
BILL CONKLIN ASSOCIATES, INC.:
BILL CONKLIN ASSOCIATES, INC. PROTESTS THAT THE SPECIFICATION REQUIREMENTS UNDER SOLICITATION NO. 50-696734, ISSUED BY THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY (TVA) FOR SYSTEMS FURNITURE, ARE UNDULY RESTRICTIVE OF COMPETITION AND OVERSTATE THE GOVERNMENT'S MINIMUM NEEDS.
WE DO NOT CONSIDERS 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) (1982). CONSEQUENTLY, EVEN IF WE WERE TO DISAGREE WITH THE PROPRIETY OF TVA ACTIONS; WE WOULD BE UNABLE TO EFFECT ANY REMEDIAL ACTION; THUS, NO USEFUL PURPOSE WOULD BE SERVED BY OUR CONSIDERATION OF THE PROTEST. SEE INTERIOR STEEL EQUIPMENT CO., B-208524, SEPT. 7, 1982, 82-2 CPD PARA. 202; CORPORATION SONEET, B-203729, JUNE 29, 1981, 81-1 CPD PARA. 540.
THE PROTEST IS DISMISSED.