B-206500, MAR 2, 1982
Highlights
DIGEST: GAO WILL NOT CONSIDER PROTESTS QUESTIONING BIDDER'S SMALL BUSINESS STATUS BECAUSE CONCLUSIVE AUTHORITY TO DETERMINE SIZE STATUS IS VESTED IN THE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION. THE PROTESTER CONTENDS THAT EASTERN TRANSWAYS IS NOT A SMALL BUSINESS CONCERN. THE CONCLUSIVE AUTHORITY TO DETERMINE THE SIZE STATUS OF A BUSINESS CONCERN IS VESTED IN THE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION. THE PROTEST IS DISMISSED.
B-206500, MAR 2, 1982
DIGEST: GAO WILL NOT CONSIDER PROTESTS QUESTIONING BIDDER'S SMALL BUSINESS STATUS BECAUSE CONCLUSIVE AUTHORITY TO DETERMINE SIZE STATUS IS VESTED IN THE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION.
OSCAR HOLMES AND SONS:
OSCAR HOLMES AND SONS PROTESTS THE AWARD OF A CONTRACT UNDER SOLICITATION NO. DACA 31-82-B-0024, A SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE ISSUED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY, TO EASTERN TRANSWAYS CORPORATION. THE PROTESTER CONTENDS THAT EASTERN TRANSWAYS IS NOT A SMALL BUSINESS CONCERN.
PURSUANT TO 15 U.S.C. SEC. 637(B)(6) (1976), THE CONCLUSIVE AUTHORITY TO DETERMINE THE SIZE STATUS OF A BUSINESS CONCERN IS VESTED IN THE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION. THEREFORE, THIS OFFICE DOES NOT REVIEW CHALLENGES TO THE SMALL BUSINESS SIZE STATUS OF A BIDDER. BAY CITIES REFUSE SERVICE, INC., B-189203, JUNE 7, 1977, 77-1 CPD 410.
ACCORDINGLY, THE PROTEST IS DISMISSED.