B-199147, JUN 24, 1980
Highlights
DIGEST: GAO WILL NOT REVIEW FEDERAL AGENCY'S REJECTION OF GRANT APPLICATION FOR BEING INCOMPLETE. THE APPLICATION WAS REJECTED BECAUSE IN THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR'S VIEW IT WAS INCOMPLETE IN A NUMBER OF RESPECTS. 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. IT IS NOT OUR INTENTION TO INTERFERE WITH THE FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF GRANTOR AGENCIES IN THE ACTUAL AWARDS OF GRANTS. THE MATTER IS DISMISSED.
B-199147, JUN 24, 1980
DIGEST: GAO WILL NOT REVIEW FEDERAL AGENCY'S REJECTION OF GRANT APPLICATION FOR BEING INCOMPLETE.
HOME CARE RESEARCH OF ROCHESTER, INC.:
HOME CARE RESEARCH OF ROCHESTER, INC. REQUESTS THAT WE REVIEW THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR'S REJECTION OF ITS GRANT APPLICATION FOR "A TRAINING DEMONSTRATION UNDER THE DISPLACED HOMEMAKER PROGRAM." ACCORDING TO THE FIRM, THE APPLICATION WAS REJECTED BECAUSE IN THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR'S VIEW IT WAS INCOMPLETE IN A NUMBER OF RESPECTS.
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 ACTUAL AWARDS OF GRANTS, AND FOR THAT REASON WE DO NOT GENERALLY REVIEW INDIVIDUAL COMPLAINTS CONCERNING THE DENIAL OF GRANT APPLICATIONS. WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, B-193600, JANUARY 16, 1979, 79-1 CPD 25; ALL INDIAN PUEBLO COUNCIL, INC., B-190092, SEPTEMBER 22, 1977, 77-2 CPD 219.
ACCORDINGLY, THE MATTER IS DISMISSED.