PBCA Update

On December 3, 2012 HUD announced that the Department has decided to move forward with the 2012 PBCA NOFA and plans to announce awards on December 14. View HUD notice.

As you may recall, HUD had accepted applications under a NOFA (Notice of Funding Availability). Protests were then filed with the GAO (Government Accountability Office), alleging that using a NOFA for these types of contracts was not appropriate. In mid-August, theGAO upheld the protests, which delayed the announcements about new CA awards that were expected to be made by the end of that month.

Since HUD did not follow the GAO’s recommendations, the Department was required to give written notice of that decision to several Congressional Committees, making the issue one between the Legislative Branch and the Executive Branches of government.