B-215508, JUN 20, 1984
Highlights
IS NEITHER FEDERAL PROCUREMENT NOR PROCUREMENT INVOLVING FEDERAL GRANT FUNDS AND IS NOT. CONSIDER PROTESTS OF PROCUREMENTS FUNDED BY LOANS WHICH ARE TO BE REPAID. THE PROTEST IS DISMISSED.
B-215508, JUN 20, 1984
DIGEST: PROCUREMENT BY THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, 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.
CHAMPION ROAD MACHINERY INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION:
CHAMPION ROAD MACHINERY INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION PROTESTS A PROCUREMENT BEING CONDUCTED BY THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC USING FUNDS BORROWED FROM AND REPAYABLE TO THE AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT (AID LOAN NO. 517-T- 045).
WE REVIEW PROCUREMENTS BY OR FOR AN AGENCY OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, SEE 4 C.F.R. PART 21 (1984), AND PROCUREMENTS BY FEDERAL GRANTEES. SEE 40 FED.REG. 42406 (1975). WE DO NOT, HOWEVER, CONSIDER PROTESTS OF PROCUREMENTS FUNDED BY LOANS WHICH ARE TO BE REPAID. SEE BUCVRUS-FRIE COMPANY, B-197151, JAN. 10, 1980, 80-1 CPD PARA. 32.
THE PROTEST IS DISMISSED.