B-222440: Jul 28, 1986

A firm protested the Tennessee Valley Authority's (TVA) cancellation of a solicitation for power transformers and other equipment, contending that: (1) TVA improperly included a Buy American differential in its modified solicitation readvertising the procurement; and (2) TVA should have reinstated the original solicitation and awarded it the contract, since it was the original low bidder. GAO held...

B-222440: Jul 28, 1986

CONTRACTS - PROTESTS - AUTHORITY TO CONSIDER - TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY PROCUREMENTS TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY (TVA) IS SUBJECT TO THE BID PROTEST JURISDICTION OF THE GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE UNDER THE COMPETITION IN CONTRACTING ACT OF 1984 (CICA) SINCE TVA COMES WITHIN THE STATUTORY DEFINITION OF A FEDERAL AGENCY SUBJECT TO CICA. SMIT STATES THAT IT WAS THE LOW RESPONSIVE BIDDER AT THE TIME O...