B-187699, FEBRUARY 23, 1977
Highlights
IS NEITHER FEDERAL PROCUREMENT NOR PROCUREMENT INVOLVING FEDERAL GRANT FUNDS AND. WILL NOT BE REVIEWED BY GAO. THE FARMERS HOME ADMINISTRATION (FMHA) HAS ADVISED OUR OFFICE THAT THE INSTANT PROCUREMENT IS NEITHER A FEDERAL PROCUREMENT NOT A PROCUREMENT UTILIZING FEDERAL GRANT FUNDS. THE FUNDS INVOLVED ARE EXCLUSIVELY THOSE OF THE DISTRICT. OUR OFFICE WILL NOT CONSIDER THE PROTEST.
B-187699, FEBRUARY 23, 1977
PROCUREMENT BY RURAL WATER DISTRICT NO. 1, CUMING COUNTY, NEBRASKA USING FUNDS BORROWED FROM FARMERS HOME ADMINISTRATION, IS NEITHER FEDERAL PROCUREMENT NOR PROCUREMENT INVOLVING FEDERAL GRANT FUNDS AND, THEREFORE, WILL NOT BE REVIEWED BY GAO.
CENTRAL CONSTRUCTION, INC.:
BY LETTER OF OCTOBER 14, 1976, CENTRAL CONSTRUCTION, INC. HAS PROTESTED THE AWARD OF A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT BY RURAL WATER DISTRICT NO. 1 (THE DISTRICT), CUMING COUNTY, NEBRASKA. THE FARMERS HOME ADMINISTRATION (FMHA) HAS ADVISED OUR OFFICE THAT THE INSTANT PROCUREMENT IS NEITHER A FEDERAL PROCUREMENT NOT A PROCUREMENT UTILIZING FEDERAL GRANT FUNDS. THE FUNDS INVOLVED ARE EXCLUSIVELY THOSE OF THE DISTRICT, OBTAINED THROUGH A LOAN FROM FMHA AND REPAYABLE, WITH INTEREST, TO FMHA.
SINCE THE PROTESTED AWARD INVOLVES NEITHER A PROCUREMENT BY OR FOR AN AGENCY OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, NOR A PROCUREMENT BY A FEDERAL GRANTEE, OUR OFFICE WILL NOT CONSIDER THE PROTEST. CHAMBERS BUILDERS CORPORATION, B-184932, OCTOBER 8, 1975, 75-2 CPD 213.