B-212758, SEP 1, 1983
Highlights
DIGEST: PROTEST INVOLVING NONAPPROPRIATED FUND ACTIVITY IS DISMISSED AS GAO HAS NO AUTHORITY TO CONSIDER A BID PROTEST AGAINST SUCH AN ACTIVITY. THE SOUTHEAST EXCHANGE REGION IS A NONAPPROPRIATED FUND ACTIVITY AND AS SUCH IS NOT SUBJECT TO THE BID PROTEST JURISDICTION OF THIS OFFICE. WHICH IS BASED ON OUR AUTHORITY TO SETTLE ACCOUNTS INVOLVING APPROPRIATED FUNDS. WE WILL NOT CONSIDER GALAXY'S PROTEST. THE PROTEST IS DISMISSED.
B-212758, SEP 1, 1983
DIGEST: PROTEST INVOLVING NONAPPROPRIATED FUND ACTIVITY IS DISMISSED AS GAO HAS NO AUTHORITY TO CONSIDER A BID PROTEST AGAINST SUCH AN ACTIVITY.
GALAXY SERVICES, INC.:
GALAXY SERVICES, INC. PROTESTS THE CANCELLATION OF SOLICITATION NO. SEER82-16-83-092 BY THE SOUTHEAST EXCHANGE REGION, MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA. WE DISMISS THE PROTEST.
THE SOUTHEAST EXCHANGE REGION IS A NONAPPROPRIATED FUND ACTIVITY AND AS SUCH IS NOT SUBJECT TO THE BID PROTEST JURISDICTION OF THIS OFFICE, WHICH IS BASED ON OUR AUTHORITY TO SETTLE ACCOUNTS INVOLVING APPROPRIATED FUNDS. STEUART PETROLEUM COMPANY, B-210742, MARCH 14, 1983, 83-1 CPD 251. THEREFORE, WE WILL NOT CONSIDER GALAXY'S PROTEST.
ACCORDINGLY, THE PROTEST IS DISMISSED.