B-189803, AUGUST 22, 1977
Highlights
IS NEITHER FEDERAL PROCUREMENT NOR PROCUREMENT INVOLVING FEDERAL GRANT FUNDS AND IS NOT. KAH A/24/ARE. THE PROCUREMENT IS BEING CONDUCTED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF EGYPT USING FUNDS BORROWED FROM AND REPAYABLE TO THE AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT (AID LOAN NO. 263-K-0-30). OUR OFFICE WILL NOT CONSIDER THE PROTEST.
B-189803, AUGUST 22, 1977
PROCUREMENT BY GOVERNMENT OF EGYPT, USING FUNDS BORROWED FROM AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, IS NEITHER FEDERAL PROCUREMENT NOR PROCUREMENT INVOLVING FEDERAL GRANT FUNDS AND IS NOT, THEREFORE, SUBJECT TO REVIEW BY GAO.
BETHLEHEM STEEL EXPORT CORPORATION:
BETHLEHEM STEEL EXPORT CORPORATION PROTESTS AWARD TO ANY OTHER OFFEROR UNDER SOLICITATION NO. KAH A/24/ARE, ISSUED BY THE MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY, GOVERNMENT OF EGYPT. THE PROCUREMENT IS BEING CONDUCTED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF EGYPT USING FUNDS BORROWED FROM AND REPAYABLE TO THE AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT (AID LOAN NO. 263-K-0-30).
THUS, THE PROTESTED PROCUREMENT INVOLVES NEITHER A PROCUREMENT BY OR FOR AN AGENCY OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, NOR A PROCUREMENT BY A FEDERAL GRANTEE. ACCORDINGLY, OUR OFFICE WILL NOT CONSIDER THE PROTEST. SEE ALLIS-CHALMERS CORPORATION, B-188514, APRIL 5, 1977, 77-1 CPD 235.