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B-200048 1 (1981-05-20)

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                       . THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL
DECISION                 OF THE UNITED STATES
                         WAS HI NGTO N. 0. C. 20548




FILE: B-200048                DATE: May 20, 1981

MATTER OF:    Del Manufacturing Company


DIGEST:

    o7mplaint regarding award of
    cooperative agreement will not
    be considered where   1omplainant
    has not shown that agency awarded
    cooperative agreements to circum-
    vent procurement laws or that
    conflict of interest was involved.


    Del Manufacturing Company (Del) complains of the
Department of Energy's (DOE) refusal to award it a
cooperative agreement for the development of solar
collectors under Program Research and Development
Announcement (PRDA) No. DE-RA02-80CS30249.

     Since Del's complaint does not involve the-award
of a Government contract and does not fall within
one of the exceptions to our usual policy of declin-
ing to review the award of Federal assistance
agreements, we are dismissing it. Hometech, B-200359,
April 16, 1981, 81-1 CPD     ; Johnson Products, Inc.,
B-198976, February 24, 1981, 81-1 CPD 129.

     Del argues that DOE violated established Federal
procurement norms by using evaluation criteria other
than those set forth in the PRDA, by using a technical
consultant in proposal evaluation that had a predeter-
mined bias against Del's technical approach, and by
refusing to enter into meaningful discussions with
Del.

     We will consider complaints from prospective
contractors concerning the award of contracts by
grantees under Federal grants in order to foster
compliance with grant terms and with statutory and

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