B-205009, OCT 16, 1981
Highlights
DIGEST: PROTEST CONCERNING SMALL BUSINESS SIZE STATUS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED BY GAO SINCE AUTHORITY TO CONCLUSIVELY DETERMINE SIZE STATUS IS VESTED IN SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION. ON THE GROUNDS THAT NEITHER COMPANY IS A SMALL BUSINESS CONCERN AS REQUIRED BY THE IFB. WE WILL NOT CONSIDER THE PROTEST. 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.
B-205009, OCT 16, 1981
DIGEST: PROTEST CONCERNING SMALL BUSINESS SIZE STATUS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED BY GAO SINCE AUTHORITY TO CONCLUSIVELY DETERMINE SIZE STATUS IS VESTED IN SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION.
FREEDOM ELEVATOR CORPORATION:
FREEDOM ELEVATOR CORPORATION PROTESTS THE AWARD OF A CONTRACT TO THE LOW AND SECOND LOW BIDDERS UNDER INVITATION FOR BIDS (IFB) NO. 527-19 82, ISSUED BY THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION MEDICAL CENTER, BROOKLYN, ON THE GROUNDS THAT NEITHER COMPANY IS A SMALL BUSINESS CONCERN AS REQUIRED BY THE IFB.
WE WILL NOT CONSIDER THE PROTEST. UNDER 15 U.S.C. 637(B)(6) (1976), THE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION IS EMPOWERED TO CONCLUSIVELY DETERMINE MATTERS OF SMALL BUSINESS SIZE STATUS FOR FEDERAL PROCUREMENT AND SALES PURPOSES. JAN DEVICES, INC., B-202435, MARCH 31, 1981, 81-1 CPD 243.
THE PROTEST IS DISMISSED.