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B-210959,B-211208 1 (1983-04-25)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadlay0001 and id is 1 raw text is: ev I, // THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OECISION . OF THE UNITEO STATES V. WASHINGTON. 0. C. 205418 FILE: B-210959, B-211208 DATE: April 25, 1983 MATTER OF: Union City Plumbing DIGEST: GAO will not consider a complaint that a prime contractor with an Indian Housing Authority did not comply with Department of Housing and Urban Development regulations and contract provision requiring a pref- erence in awarding subcontracts be given to Indian-owned enterprises unless it is shown the subcontract award was for the Indian Housing Authority. union City Plumbing complains about a subcontract award in connection with the construction of low-income Indian housing under Southern Puget Sound Inter-Tribal Housing Authority Project No. 19-BO-52-006. The Housing Authority entered into a prime contract with Walsh Construction Co. for the project, which is funded by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and is subject to HUD regulations directing, among other things, that the Housing Authority's contracts include a provision requiring that preference in the award of subcontracts be given to Indian organizations and Indian-owned economic enterprises to the greatest extent feasible. 24 C.F.R. 805.204(b)(1982). Union City Plumbing, apparently an Indian-owned enterprise, complains that Walsh Construction refused to award it a subcontract and instead made an award to a non-Indian firm, thus failing to implement the Indian preference. We dismiss the complaint. We have previously ruled that, under our Public Notice entitled Review of Complaints Concerning Contracts under Federal Grants, 40 Fed. Reg. 42406 (1975), we will con- sider complaints concerning contract awards made by inter- tribal housing authorities for construction of low-income

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