B-195015, JUN 25, 1979
Highlights
DIGEST: WHERE PROCUREMENT IS NOT FINANCED WITH FEDERAL FUNDS PROTEST IS NOT SUBJECT TO GAO REVIEW. WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED BY WANG THAT THERE ARE NO FEDERAL FUNDS INVOLVED IN THE PROCUREMENT. ONLY PROVIDES FOR CONSIDERATION OF PROTESTS INVOLVING AGENCIES OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT "WHOSE ACCOUNTS ARE SUBJECT TO SETTLEMENT" BY OUR OFFICE. WE HAVE NO SETTLEMENT AUTHORITY AND THEREFORE MUST DECLINE TO CONSIDER THE MATTER. THE PROTEST IS DISMISSED.
B-195015, JUN 25, 1979
DIGEST: WHERE PROCUREMENT IS NOT FINANCED WITH FEDERAL FUNDS PROTEST IS NOT SUBJECT TO GAO REVIEW.
WANG LABORATORIES, INC.:
WANG LABORATORIES, INC. (WANG), PROTESTS AGAINST THE REJECTION OF ITS BID BY THE CITY OF MILWAUKEE UNDER SOLICITATION NO. 36B-D-4.
WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED BY WANG THAT THERE ARE NO FEDERAL FUNDS INVOLVED IN THE PROCUREMENT. SECTION 20.1(A) OF OUR BID PROTEST PROCEDURES, 4 C.F.R. PART 20 (1978), ONLY PROVIDES FOR CONSIDERATION OF PROTESTS INVOLVING AGENCIES OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT "WHOSE ACCOUNTS ARE SUBJECT TO SETTLEMENT" BY OUR OFFICE. SINCE THE PROCUREMENT DOES NOT INVOLVE ANY FEDERAL FUNDS, WE HAVE NO SETTLEMENT AUTHORITY AND THEREFORE MUST DECLINE TO CONSIDER THE MATTER.
THEREFORE, THE PROTEST IS DISMISSED.