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B-310081 1 (2007-11-13)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptaujj0001 and id is 1 raw text is: A G A O Comptroller General . Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: Poston Logging; Shasta Green, Inc; Sierra Cedar Products; Trinity River Lumber Company; Freres Lumber Co., Inc. File: B-310081; B-310275; B-310290; B-310370; B-310370.2; B-310371; B-310373; B-310467; B-310470 Date: November 13, 2007 Brian W. Craver, Esq., for Poston Logging; Diane Franklin, Shasta Green, Inc.; Tony Sims, Sierra Cedar Products; Dee Sanders, Trinity River Lumber Company; and Robert Freres, Jr., Freres Lumber Co., Inc., the protesters. Lori Polin Jones, United States Department of Agriculture, and Kenneth Dodds, Esq., Small Business Administration, for the agencies. Sharon L. Larkin, Esq., and James A. Spangenberg., Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision. DIGEST Forest Service was not required by any law or regulation to consider resale limitations applicable to small business timber purchasers under small business set-asides in preparing the appraisals for those sales; the clear purpose of the appraisal requirements in the National Forest Management Act, 16 U.S.C. § 472a(a) (2000), is to ensure that the public receives fair value from the sale of timber and does not require a separate or different appraisal method for small business set-aside timber sales in order to encourage small business sales. DECISION Poston Logging, Shasta Green, Inc., Sierra Cedar Products, Trinity River Lumber Company, and Freres Lumber Co., Inc., protest the terms of eight Forest Service timber sales, all set aside for small businesses, under sale Nos. 54344, 53612, 54345, 30406, 30408, 20185, 07004, and 00082. The protesters contend that the agency included erroneous timber values in the sale prospectuses in violation of statute, regulation, and policy.' 1 As a general rule, our Office does not have jurisdiction over timber sale protests because they are not procurements for property or services. See 31 U.S.C. § 3551(1)(a) (2000). However, we will consider protests concerning sales by a (continued...)

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