B-184365, JUL 30, 1975
Highlights
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION'S DETERMINATION NOT TO ISSUE A CERTIFICATE OF COMPETENCY (COC) TO A BIDDER IS NOT SUBJECT TO REVIEW BY GAO. ON THE GROUNDS THAT THE DENIAL WAS BASED ON FALSE AND MISINTERPRETED INFORMATION. SST CONTENDS THAT GSA'S RECOMMENDATION TO SBA WAS BASED ON A "THEORETICAL INTERPRETATION OF THE VISUAL INSPECTION MADE OF THE APPLICANT'S FACILITIES" WHICH WAS CONTRARY TO THE ACTUAL FACTS. 000 NOTE WAS SECURED. OUR OFFICE IS UNABLE TO PROVIDE ANY RELIEF FOR SST NOTWITHSTANDING THE CONTENTIONS MADE REGARDING SBA. THE PROTEST IS NOT FOR CONSIDERATION.
B-184365, JUL 30, 1975
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION'S DETERMINATION NOT TO ISSUE A CERTIFICATE OF COMPETENCY (COC) TO A BIDDER IS NOT SUBJECT TO REVIEW BY GAO.
SECRETARY'S SERVICE TECHNICIANS:
SECRETARY'S SERVICE TECHNICIANS (SST) PROTESTS THE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION'S DENIAL OF A CERTIFICATE OF COMPETENCY (COC) UNDER INVITATION FOR BIDS (IFB) GS-09-DP-(P)-521 ISSUED BY REGION 9, GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION (GSA), ON THE GROUNDS THAT THE DENIAL WAS BASED ON FALSE AND MISINTERPRETED INFORMATION. SPECIFICALLY, SST CONTENDS THAT GSA'S RECOMMENDATION TO SBA WAS BASED ON A "THEORETICAL INTERPRETATION OF THE VISUAL INSPECTION MADE OF THE APPLICANT'S FACILITIES" WHICH WAS CONTRARY TO THE ACTUAL FACTS. SECOND, IT CONTENDS THAT SBA'S TECHNICAL PERSONNEL INCORRECTLY ASSUMED THAT A $21,000 NOTE WAS SECURED.
UNDER 15 U.S.C. 637(B)(7), SBA HAS THE AUTHORITY TO ISSUE OR NOT ISSUE A COC. OUR OFFICE HAS NO AUTHORITY TO REVIEW SBA DETERMINATIONS TO REQUIRE IT TO ISSUE A COC OR TO REOPEN A CASE WHEN A COC HAS BEEN DENIED. COMP. GEN. 448 (1972); 53 COMP. GEN. 344 (1973). THEREFORE, OUR OFFICE IS UNABLE TO PROVIDE ANY RELIEF FOR SST NOTWITHSTANDING THE CONTENTIONS MADE REGARDING SBA. UNITRON ENGINEERING COMPANY, B-181350, AUGUST 20, 1974.
ACCORDINGLY, THE PROTEST IS NOT FOR CONSIDERATION.