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B-209781.2 1 (1983-03-28)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadkyx0001 and id is 1 raw text is: S CTHE COMPTROLLER GENERAL DECISION OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON. O.C. 20548 FILE: B-209781.2 DATE: March 28, 1983 MATTER OF: Innocept, Inc. -- Reconsideration DIGEST: Prior decision in which GAO declines to consider complaint of unsuccessful applicant for cooperative agreement is affirmed since GAO believes it is appropriate not to review individual complaints concerning award of grants or cooperative agreements. Innocept, Inc. requests that we reconsider our decision, Innocept, Inc., B-209781, December 2, 1982, 82-2 CPD 500, in whf-h we dismissed Innocept's com- plaint in connection with the award of a cooperative agreement for the operation- of Rural Assistance Program Project No. 06-60-82023-01 to the National Council of LaRaza by the Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA), Department of Commerce. We refused to consider Innocept's contention that the MBDA failed to follow the methods set forth in the agency's grant adminis- tration manual for selecting the recipients of a cooperative agreement and for notifying applicants of award, because we generally do not review complaints concerning the award of cooperative agreements. Innocept now contends that our Office should treat a complaint concerning the award of a cooperative agreement in the same manner as a protest concerning the award of a contract and review its allegations of improper actions by the MBDA. We believe our prior decision was appropriate. Although our Office has the authority to investigate all matters relating to the receipt, disbursement, and use of public money, 31 U.S.C. S 712, as codified by Pub. L. No. 97-258 (formerly 31 U.S.C. § 53), because of the size of Government operations and our limited resources, we must necessarily exercise discretion in determining the matters in which we become involved.

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