About | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline

B-190601 1 (1977-12-27)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadfnh0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 






                          .     t. THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL         L
          DS~iSION       ...   ..OF   TH.E  UNITE      STATED
                        - .    '  wA5b4INGTON, D.C. 20549



* llFILE:          B-19060J             QATE: Decemcer 27, 1977

          MATTER  OF:     Carpanella Corporation


          DOEST:


i A          Request for review of procurement
             under gran  zclicitatizn invulving
             ll-percen:-rincrity business enter-
             prise provision of Tuilic Yorks Emplcy-
             rent Act of 1577, which is subject
             of conflicting U.S. District Court
             opinions, will .nac be considered until
             matter is finally litigated.


             Carpanella Corporation has requested our Office's
      review cfrt ,L bids sytrimtcr in - -- ...e to :.izita-
      ti:3 t7 Lhe Ci.y -t icK, Fhode     land, for te con-
      stnct   n Qf strn  se--ers, which is financed by a Federal
      crznt fro   ne Econmmic evelorment Adcinistraticn.

             Cazpanella contends that the two low bidders for
      the projct  eld nch coply with rection 106!fW2)  of the
      Public Ucrks EplorEnt  Act of 1977, which recuire:s bid-
      dars to nave 10 percent of a fererally funded project
      performed by a Minczity Euziness Enterprise (MEE).

             The MBE orcvision ot the 1977 act has been the
      sutj4ct of conflicti-z Lnited St=:es E::*rict C::rt crin-
      icns.  See Associatze General Ccntrtctzrz of California
      v. Secrererv or Lcr-7;ce, U.S. Disrr:c: Court for the
      Central District or calirornia, Civil Action No. 77-3736-
      AA.R, October 31, 1977, end Constructurs Association of
      Western Pennsvlvani v. Kreos, U.S. District Court for
      the western District of Pennsylvania, Civil Action No. 77-
      1035, October 13, 1977. Tne California decision his been
      appsaled to the United States Surrere Court.



                                - 1-


-7

What Is HeinOnline?

HeinOnline is a subscription-based resource containing thousands of academic and legal journals from inception; complete coverage of government documents such as U.S. Statutes at Large, U.S. Code, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Reports, and much more. Documents are image-based, fully searchable PDFs with the authority of print combined with the accessibility of a user-friendly and powerful database. For more information, request a quote or trial for your organization below.



Contact us for annual subscription options:

Already a HeinOnline Subscriber?

profiles profiles most