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B-208532, SEP 8, 1982

B-208532 Sep 08, 1982
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DIGEST: PROTEST AGAINST SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (SBA) REGIONAL OFFICE DETERMINATION THAT PROTESTER IS "OTHER THAN A SMALL BUSINESS. " WHICH PROTESTER ALSO IS APPEALING TO THE SBA SIZE APPEALS BOARD. IS DISMISSED. WATERBURY LOCK & SPECIALTY COMPANY: WATERBURY LOCK & SPECIALTY COMPANY (WATERBURY) PROTESTS THE DECISION BY THE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (SBA) REGIONAL OFFICE THAT WATERBURY IS "OTHER THAN A SMALL BUSINESS" FOR PURPOSES OF SOLICITATION NO. THE SBA IS EMPOWERED TO CONCLUSIVELY DETERMINE SMALL BUSINESS SIZE STATUS FOR FEDERAL PROCUREMENTS. THE PROTEST IS DISMISSED.

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B-208532, SEP 8, 1982

DIGEST: PROTEST AGAINST SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (SBA) REGIONAL OFFICE DETERMINATION THAT PROTESTER IS "OTHER THAN A SMALL BUSINESS," WHICH PROTESTER ALSO IS APPEALING TO THE SBA SIZE APPEALS BOARD, IS DISMISSED, SINCE SBA HAS CONCLUSIVE AUTHORITY TO DETERMINE BUSINESS SIZE STATUS.

WATERBURY LOCK & SPECIALTY COMPANY:

WATERBURY LOCK & SPECIALTY COMPANY (WATERBURY) PROTESTS THE DECISION BY THE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (SBA) REGIONAL OFFICE THAT WATERBURY IS "OTHER THAN A SMALL BUSINESS" FOR PURPOSES OF SOLICITATION NO. DLA500-82-B -3003 ISSUED BY THE DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL SUPPLY CENTER. WATERBURY ALSO HAS APPEALED THE DECISION TO THE SBA SIZE APPEALS BOARD.

UNDER 15 U.S.C. SEC. 637(B)(6) (1976), THE SBA IS EMPOWERED TO CONCLUSIVELY DETERMINE SMALL BUSINESS SIZE STATUS FOR FEDERAL PROCUREMENTS. THEREFORE, WE DO NOT CONSIDER SIZE STATUS PROTESTS. SCHNEIDER SECURITY AGENCY, INC., B-206083, MARCH 4, 1982, 82-1 CPD 202.

THE PROTEST IS DISMISSED.

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