B-195451, AUG 8, 1979
Highlights
USING FUNDS BORROWED FROM RURAL ELECTRIFICATION ADMINISTRATION IS NEITHER FEDERAL PROCUREMENT NOR PROCUREMENT INVOLVING FEDERAL GRANT FUNDS AND THEREFORE NOT FOR GAO REVIEW. WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED THAT THE PROJECT IS NOT AN REA PROCUREMENT AND THAT THE FUNDS INVOLVED ARE THOSE OF COPPER VALLEY. OUR OFFICE WILL NOT CONSIDER THE MATTER. THE PROTEST IS DISMISSED.
B-195451, AUG 8, 1979
DIGEST: PROCUREMENT BY CPPER VALLEY ELECTRICAL ASSOCIATION INC. USING FUNDS BORROWED FROM RURAL ELECTRIFICATION ADMINISTRATION IS NEITHER FEDERAL PROCUREMENT NOR PROCUREMENT INVOLVING FEDERAL GRANT FUNDS AND THEREFORE NOT FOR GAO REVIEW.
DOYON/GHEMM/MCWIL INC., A JOINT VENTURE:
DOYON/GHEMM/MCWIL INC., A JOINT VENTURE (D/G/M), PROTESTS THE ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COPPER VALLEY ELECTRICAL ASSOCIATION INC. (COPPER VALLEY) UNDER RURAL ELECTRIFICATION ADMINISTRATION (REA) ALASKA 18U9 PROJECT.
WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED THAT THE PROJECT IS NOT AN REA PROCUREMENT AND THAT THE FUNDS INVOLVED ARE THOSE OF COPPER VALLEY, OBTAINED THROUGH A LOAN FROM AND REPAYABLE TO REA.
SINCE THE PROCUREMENT 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 MATTER. DONOVAN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, B-191721, MAY 12, 1978, 78-1 CPD 371, AND CASES CITED THEREIN.
THEREFORE, THE PROTEST IS DISMISSED.