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B-187515 1 (1976-10-29)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaddwc0001 and id is 1 raw text is: N tHEr. COMPTPOLLER 3IMNI-SAL o3 DECISIO0N D F ~'orTHE r=LJNJI T 1=W13L0TAT ESE 0:) WABHINtTON, D.C. 2004O rVILE: 1-187513 DATE' October 29, 1976 MATTER OF: Byron Motion Pictures, Inc. DIGEST: Protest based on contention that procurement for Government owned, contractor operated laboratory provides for unfair competition by Government with private enterprise is dismissed as not being appropriate for resolition by GAO, Byron $otion Pictures, Inc. (Byron) rquests an opinion as to whether a request for quotation (RFQ) N. 2844-76-RQ-0070 issued by the U9 S. Navy will result in the Government unfairly competing with privat industry. Byron alleges that the RFQ calls for a Government funded post-production laboratory to be operated under contract by personnel of private companies and which will provide laboratory services to Goveroment agencies. Byron contends that it and its competitors can adequately furnish such services in their own privately financed laboratorica. The issue raised by Byron is not one which is appropriate for resolution under the Bid Protest Procedures of this Office. The United States Congress and the Executive Branch of the Government have long been concerned as to when It is proper for the Government to provide for itself commercial and industrial products and ser- vices which can be provided under contract by private enterprise. The present policy of the Government in this regard is set forth in Office of Management and Budget Circular A-76. This Office has always regarded the provisions of Circular A-76 as matters of Executive policy which do not establish legal rights and responsibilities and which are not within the decision functions of the General Accounting Office. 53 Comp. Gen. 86 (1973) and Universal American Enterprises, Inc., 1-184555, May 26, 1976, 76-1 CPD 341. Accordingly, the protest is dismissed. Paul G. Dembling General Counsel -1 -

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