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B-211704 1 (1983-05-26)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadlcl0001 and id is 1 raw text is: THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL ECISION OP THE UNITED UTATES WA8HINGTONe 0.C. 20548 FILE: B-211704 DATE: May 26, 1983 MATTER OF: Association of Citizens from Alpine, Texas DIGEST: GAO will not consider complaint by citizens association questioning award of contract funded by Federal agency grant where legitimate, recognizable interests in award are adequately protected by limiting parties eligible to request GAO review under public notice at 40 Fed. Reg. 42406, September 12, 1975, to firms that submitted bids. An Association of Citizens from Alpine, Texas (Association), complains of the Alpine Housing Authority's award of a contract to Hunt Building Corporation (Hunt) to build low income housing in Alpine under a Department of Housing and Urban Development grant. The Association complains that Hunt was awarded the contract although its initial bid was $300,000 higher than the other bidder, that because of zoning problems the project was resolicited and Hunt, the sole bidder under the resolicitation, was again awarded the contract, but at a higher price, and that the project may have to be resolicited which could result in an even higher priced contract. The Association asks that this Office review the propriety of the award to Hunt and the rebidding which has permitted Hunt to raise its bid price above its original price which was $300,000 above the other bidder. We will not consider this complaint because the Association is not an interested party. In Public Notice entitled Review of Complaints Concerning Contracts Under Federal Grant, 40 Fed. Reg. ' 42406, September 12, 1975, our Office issued the standards and procedures under which we will consider such complaints. The notice states that:

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