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B-200078, SEP 16, 1980

B-200078 Sep 16, 1980
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DIGEST: PROCUREMENT BY LOCAL AUTHORITY USING FUNDS PRIMARILY BORROWED FROM FARMERS HOME ADMINISTRATION IS NEITHER FEDERAL PROCUREMENT NOR PROCUREMENT INVOLVING FEDERAL GRANT FUNDS AND. WILL NOT BE REVIEWED BY GAO. (PRESTON) PROTESTS THE TENTATIVE AWARD OF A CONTRACT BY THE FLORIDA KEYS AQUADUCT AUTHORITY ON THE GROUNDS THAT THE TENTATIVE AWARDEE'S BID IS NONRESPONSIVE. THE PROTESTER STATES THAT 70 PERCENT OF THIS PROCUREMENT IS BEING FUNDED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THROUGH A FARMERS HOME ADMINISTRATION COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT LOAN. THE PROTEST IS DISMISSED.

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B-200078, SEP 16, 1980

DIGEST: PROCUREMENT BY LOCAL AUTHORITY USING FUNDS PRIMARILY BORROWED FROM FARMERS HOME ADMINISTRATION IS NEITHER FEDERAL PROCUREMENT NOR PROCUREMENT INVOLVING FEDERAL GRANT FUNDS AND, THEREFORE, WILL NOT BE REVIEWED BY GAO.

PRESTON CARROLL CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC.:

PRESTON CARROLL CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC. (PRESTON) PROTESTS THE TENTATIVE AWARD OF A CONTRACT BY THE FLORIDA KEYS AQUADUCT AUTHORITY ON THE GROUNDS THAT THE TENTATIVE AWARDEE'S BID IS NONRESPONSIVE.

THE PROTESTER STATES THAT 70 PERCENT OF THIS PROCUREMENT IS BEING FUNDED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THROUGH A FARMERS HOME ADMINISTRATION COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT LOAN. WE DO NOT REVIEW NON-FEDERAL PROCUREMENTS FINANCED WITH FEDERAL LOAN FUNDS SINCE WE VIEW THEM AS BEING NEITHER PROCUREMENTS BY OR FOR AN AGENCY OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT NOR PROCUREMENTS BY A FEDERAL GRANTEE. NEAL & COMPANY, INC., B-199022, JUNE 19, 1980, 80-1 CPD 434; CENTRAL CONSTRUCTION, INC., B-187699, FEBRUARY 23, 1977, 77-1 CPD 130.

ACCORDINGLY, THE PROTEST IS DISMISSED.

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