DIGEST: PROTEST OF AWARD OF CONTRACT BY PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (PADC) WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED SINCE PADC IS A WHOLLY OWNED GOVERNMENT CORPORATION AND HAS BROAD DISCRETIONARY AUTHORITY WITH REGARD TO ITS EXPENDITURES. FLETCHER BELIEVES THAT IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN AWARDED THE CONTRACT SINCE IT WAS THE LOWEST RESPONSIVE BIDDER FOR "TYPE D" GRANITE. WE WILL NOT CONSIDER THE PROTEST. T...

A firm which made the low bid to supply a building material to a government corporation protested the award of the contract to another firm. By statute, the activities and functions of such a corporation are largely autonomous and it has broad discretionary authority with regard to its expenditures. Therefore, GAO does not consider protests concerning the procurement practices of government corpor...