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B-206152 1 (1983-01-24)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadkvo0001 and id is 1 raw text is: THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL DECISION OF THE UNITED STATEB WASHINGTON. 0. C. 20548 FILE: B-206152 DATE: January 24, 1983 MATTER OF: Bradley Construction, Inc. DIGEST: 1. Complaint against action of grantee filed with GAO 16 working days after an adverse agency decision will be considered since complaint was filed within a reasonable time. 2. Indian Housing Authority (IHA) had a reasonable basis for rejecting bid submitted by firm that by bid opening had not demon- strated to IHA's satisfaction through a re- quired prequalification statement that it was a qualified Indian-owned organization or Indian-owned enterprise. Bradley Construction, Inc. (Bradley), has filed a com- plaint concerning the refusal of the Zuni Housing Authority (ZHA) to consider its bid submitted in response to an invitation for bids for a construction contract for three Demonstration Housing Units in the Zuni Pueblo Indian Reservation for project No. NMI9-11. Bids were limited to 100-percent Indian-owned organizations and Indian-owned economic enterprises and bid opening was scheduled for December 11, 1981. Bradley contends that the ZHA arbi- trarily and capriciously refused to consider its bid which was returned unopened. Bradley also objects to the subse- quent issuance of another solicitation which was not limited to Indian-owned firms and the award to Hunt Building Corpo- ration (Hunt). Based upon our review of the record, we deny the complaint. Background On January 16, 1976, the United States of America and the ZHA entered into Annual Contributions Contract No. S7- 651, pursuant to the United States Housing Act of 1937, 42 U.S.C. § 1437 et seq. (1976), and the Department of OzA462-

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