B-216184, AUG 31, 1984, 84-2 CPD 244
Highlights
CONTRACTS - PROTESTS - AUTHORITY TO CONSIDER - TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY PROCUREMENTS DIGEST: GAO WILL NOT REVIEW TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY (TVA) PROCUREMENT BECAUSE GAO IS PRECLUDED BY TVA ACT FROM DISALLOWING CREDIT FOR EXPENDITURES WHICH TVA BOARD DETERMINES NECESSARY IN CARRYING OUT TVA ACT. WE ARE PRECLUDED FROM DISALLOWING CREDIT FOR ANY EXPENDITURES WHICH THE TVA BOARD DETERMINES NECESSARY TO CARRY OUT THE TVA ACT. THE PROTEST IS DISMISSED.
B-216184, AUG 31, 1984, 84-2 CPD 244
CONTRACTS - PROTESTS - AUTHORITY TO CONSIDER - TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY PROCUREMENTS DIGEST: GAO WILL NOT REVIEW TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY (TVA) PROCUREMENT BECAUSE GAO IS PRECLUDED BY TVA ACT FROM DISALLOWING CREDIT FOR EXPENDITURES WHICH TVA BOARD DETERMINES NECESSARY IN CARRYING OUT TVA ACT.
SUNGARD SERVICES COMPANY, INC.:
SUNGARD SERVICES COMPANY, INC. PROTESTS THE AWARD OF A CONTRACT TO COMDISCO, INC., UNDER REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS NO. J8-693526 ISSUED BY THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY (TVA).
WE DO NOT CONSIDER PROTESTS INVOLVING TVA PROCUREMENTS. BY STATUTE, WE ARE PRECLUDED FROM DISALLOWING CREDIT FOR ANY EXPENDITURES WHICH THE TVA BOARD DETERMINES NECESSARY TO CARRY OUT THE TVA ACT. SEE 16 U.S.C. SEC. 831HB) (1982). CONSEQUENTLY, EVEN IF WE DISAGREE WITH THE PROPRIETY OF TVA ACTIONS, WE WOULD BE UNABLE TO EFFECT ANY REMEDIAL ACTION; THUS, NO USEFUL PURPOSE WOULD BE SERVED BY CONSIDERATION OF THE PROTEST. TEREX CORPORATION, B-213213, OCT. 11, 1983, 83-2 CPD PARA. 447.
THE PROTEST IS DISMISSED.