B-203029, MAY 14, 1981

B-203029, MAY 14, 1981

DIGEST: GAO WILL NOT REVIEW FEDERAL AGENCY'S REVOCATION OF GRANT AWARD SINCE IT INVOLVES ADMINISTRATION OF GRANT.

BOONE YOUNG AND ASSOCIATES:

BOONE YOUNG AND ASSOCIATES (BOONE) PROTESTS THE REVOCATION OF A GRANT BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AGENCY. BOONE CLAIMS THAT IT WAS AWARDED THE GRANT IN MID APRIL AND THAT THE AGENCY REVOKED THE AWARD WITHOUT EXPLANATION.

PURSUANT TO OUR PUBLIC NOTICE AT 40 FED.REG. 42406 (1975), OUR OFFICE WILL CONSIDER COMPLAINTS FROM PROSPECTIVE CONTRACTORS CONCERNING THE AWARDS OF CONTRACTS BY GRANTEES UNDER FEDERAL GRANTS IN ORDER TO FOSTER COMPLIANCE WITH GRANT TERMS AND WITH STATUTORY AND AGENCY REGULATIONS. HOWEVER, AS THE PUBLIC NOTICE INDICATES, IT IS NOT OUR INTENTION TO INTERFERE WITH THE FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF GRANTOR AGENCIES IN THE MAKING AND ADMINISTERING OF GRANTS. FOR THAT REASON WE DO NOT CONSIDER THE PROPRIETY OF INDIVIDUAL GRANT AWARDS. ALL INDIAN PUEBLO COUNCIL, INC., B-190092, SEPTEMBER 22, 1977, 77-2 CPD 219. SIMILARLY, WE WILL NOT CONSIDER A COMPLAINT REGARDING THE PROPRIETY OF THE REVOCATION OF A PARTICULAR GRANT SINCE THE REVOCATION INVOLVES THE GRANTOR AGENCY'S ADMINISTRATION OF THE GRANT.

THE PROTEST IS DISMISSED.