B-205959, JAN 11, 1982
Highlights
DIGEST: PROTEST CONCERNING SMALL BUSINESS SIZE STATUS IS NOT FOR CONSIDERATION BY GAO SINCE EXCLUSIVE AUTHORITY IS STATUTORILY VESTED WITH SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION. DOYLE CONTENDS THAT GULF IS NOT A SMALL BUSINESS BECAUSE IT IS INTERRELATED WITH A NUMBER OF OTHER FIRMS. OUR OFFICE WILL NOT REVIEW QUESTIONS OF A BIDDER'S SMALL BUSINESS SIZE STATUS. THE PROTEST IS DISMISSED.
B-205959, JAN 11, 1982
DIGEST: PROTEST CONCERNING SMALL BUSINESS SIZE STATUS IS NOT FOR CONSIDERATION BY GAO SINCE EXCLUSIVE AUTHORITY IS STATUTORILY VESTED WITH SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION.
DOYLE SHIRT MANUFACTURING CORP.:
DOYLE SHIRT MANUFACTURING CORP. PROTESTS THE AWARD OF A CONTRACT TO GULF APPAREL CORP. UNDER INVITATION FOR BIDS DLA100-82-B-0138, A SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE, ISSUED BY THE DEFENSE PERSONNEL SUPPORT CENTER FOR THE PROCUREMENT OF SHORT SLEEVE SHIRTS. ESSENTIALLY, DOYLE CONTENDS THAT GULF IS NOT A SMALL BUSINESS BECAUSE IT IS INTERRELATED WITH A NUMBER OF OTHER FIRMS.
UNDER 15 U.S.C. SEC. 637(B)(6) (1976), THE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION HAS EXCLUSIVE AUTHORITY TO DETERMINE MATTERS OF SMALL BUSINESS SIZE STATUS FOR PROCUREMENT PURPOSES. THEREFORE, OUR OFFICE WILL NOT REVIEW QUESTIONS OF A BIDDER'S SMALL BUSINESS SIZE STATUS. SEE HOME OXYGEN & MEDICAL EQUIPMENT, INC., B-201370, DECEMBER 29, 1980, 80-2 CPD 445.
THE PROTEST IS DISMISSED.