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B-195894, SEP 24, 1979

B-195894 Sep 24, 1979
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DIGEST: PROTEST CONCERNING SMALL BUSINESS SIZE STATUS OF LOW BIDDER IS NOT SUBJECT TO REVIEW BY GAO SINCE BY LAW IT IS MATTER FOR DECISION BY SBA. THE PROCUREMENT WAS DESIGNATED A 100 PERCENT SMALL BUSINESS SET -ASIDE. VERSATILE CONTENDS THAT SPACE SERVICES DOES NOT QUALIFY AS A SMALL BUSINESS CONCERN BECAUSE IT IS AFFILIATED WITH SPACE SERVICES OF GEORGIA. WHICH IS NOT CLASSIFIED AS A SMALL BUSINESS. THE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION IS EMPOWERED TO CONCLUSIVELY DETERMINE MATTERS OF SMALL BUSINESS SIZE STATUS FOR FEDERAL PROCUREMENT AND SALES PURPOSES. THE PROTEST IS DISMISSED.

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B-195894, SEP 24, 1979

DIGEST: PROTEST CONCERNING SMALL BUSINESS SIZE STATUS OF LOW BIDDER IS NOT SUBJECT TO REVIEW BY GAO SINCE BY LAW IT IS MATTER FOR DECISION BY SBA.

VERSATILE SERVICES, INC.:

VERSATILE SERVICES, INC. (VERSATILE), PROTESTS THE AWARD OF A CONTRACT BY THE DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE TO SPACE SERVICES INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION (SPACE SERVICES), THE APPARENT LOW BIDDER, UNDER SOLICITATION NO. F20613-79-B0025 FOR FOOD SERVICES AT THE K. I. SAWYER AIR FORCE BASE, MICHIGAN. THE PROCUREMENT WAS DESIGNATED A 100 PERCENT SMALL BUSINESS SET -ASIDE.

VERSATILE CONTENDS THAT SPACE SERVICES DOES NOT QUALIFY AS A SMALL BUSINESS CONCERN BECAUSE IT IS AFFILIATED WITH SPACE SERVICES OF GEORGIA, INC., WHICH IS NOT CLASSIFIED AS A SMALL BUSINESS.

UNDER 15 U.S.C. SEC. 637(B) (1976), THE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION IS EMPOWERED TO CONCLUSIVELY DETERMINE MATTERS OF SMALL BUSINESS SIZE STATUS FOR FEDERAL PROCUREMENT AND SALES PURPOSES. SEE ADVANCE BUILDING MAINTENANCE CO., B-193819, JANUARY 30, 1979, 79-1 CPD 72.

ACCORDINGLY, THE PROTEST IS DISMISSED.

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