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B-183785 1 (1975-05-28)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadcjo0001 and id is 1 raw text is: THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OECISION * . OF THE UNITED STATES W AS HINGTON. 0. C. 20548 FILE: B-183785 DATE: May 28, 1975 MATTER OF: Leslie and Elliott Company, Inc.,et al. DIGEST: GAO is precluded from rendering authoritative decision on protest filed against procurement conducted on behalf of nonappropriated fund activity, since bid protest juris- diction is based on account settlement authority under 31 U.S.C. 71 and 74 and General Accounting Office Act of 1974 provides GAO with audit but not settlement authority over nonappropriated fund activities. Leslie and Elliott Company, Incorporated, and Leslie-Elliott Contractors, Incorporated, co-principals, have protested the action of the Navy in refusing to consider the protester's bid under invi- tation for bids (IFB) No. N62472-74-B-0200 issued by the U.S. Navy, U.S . Submarine Base, New London, Groton, Connecticut.- The protest- er's bid was rejected as late because it was filed more than 90 minutes after the scheduled bid opening. The record indicates that the protester's bid was delayed by an unscheduled Radiological Con- tamination .drill which prevented timely submission of the bid. We are informed that the procurement, calling for the construc- tion of a hobby shop at the U.S. Submarine Base, does not involve the expenditure of appropriated funds. With respect to our consid- eration of protests involving nonappropriated funds, we stated in ACS Construction Company, Inc., B-183034, April 18, 1975, as follows: * * * We have previously held that this Office is without authority to render authoritative decisions with respect to procurements conducted by or on be- half of nonappropriated fund activities. B-181469, July 9, 1974; B-179854, October 29, 1973; B-178786, July 16, 1973; B-171417, December 17, 1970. Al- though recently this Office was authorized to review and audit the operations and funds of certain non- appropriated fund activities, see section 301 of the General Accounting Office Act of 1974, Public Law 93-604, approved January 2, 1975, our bid pro- test jurisdiction is based on our authority to - 1 -

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