B-190746, DEC 9, 1977
Highlights
PROTEST UNDER TVA PROCUREMENT WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED SINCE GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE IS PRECLUDED BY TVA ACT FROM DISALLOWING CREDIT FOR EXPENDITURES WHICH TVA BOARD DETERMINES NECESSARY IN CARRYING OUT TVA ACT. WHILE OUR OFFICE WILL UNDER 4 C.F.R. SEC. 20.1(A) (1977) ENTERTAIN PROTESTS AGAINST VARIOUS PROCUREMENT ACTIONS TAKEN BY OR FOR AN AGENCY OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WHOSE ACCOUNTS ARE SUBJECT TO SETTLEMENT BY THE GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE. WE WILL NOT CONSIDER THE PROTEST.
B-190746, DEC 9, 1977
PROTEST UNDER TVA PROCUREMENT WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED SINCE GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE IS PRECLUDED BY TVA ACT FROM DISALLOWING CREDIT FOR EXPENDITURES WHICH TVA BOARD DETERMINES NECESSARY IN CARRYING OUT TVA ACT, AND REMEDIAL ACTION, IF CONSIDERED NECESSARY, WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE.
MOTOROLA, INC. - COMMUNICATIONS DIVISION:
MOTOROLA, INC., COMMUNICATIONS DIVISION, HAS PROTESTED THE AWARD OF A CONTRACT TO ANOTHER FIRM BY THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY (TVA) UNDER INVITATION FOR BIDS NO. 3-100741.
WHILE OUR OFFICE WILL UNDER 4 C.F.R. SEC. 20.1(A) (1977) ENTERTAIN PROTESTS AGAINST VARIOUS PROCUREMENT ACTIONS TAKEN BY OR FOR AN AGENCY OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WHOSE ACCOUNTS ARE SUBJECT TO SETTLEMENT BY THE GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE, 16 U.S.C. SEC. 831HB) (1970) PRECLUDES OUR OFFICE FROM DISALLOWING CREDIT FOR ANY EXPENDITURE WHICH THE TVA BOARD DETERMINES NECESSARY TO CARRY OUT THE TVA ACT. CONSEQUENTLY, EVEN SHOULD WE DISAGREE WITH THE PROPRIETY OF THE TVA ACTIONS, WE WOULD BE UNABLE TO EFFECT ANY REMEDIAL ACTION, AND THUS NO USEFUL PURPOSE WOULD BE SERVED BY OUR CONSIDERATION OF THE PROTEST. INSULATED CABLE CORPORATION, B-188494, MARCH 25, 1977, 77-1 CPD 216.
ACCORDINGLY, WE WILL NOT CONSIDER THE PROTEST.