B-210315, JAN 11, 1983
Highlights
DIGEST: QUESTIONS CONCERNING SMALL BUSINESS SIZE STATUS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED BY GAO SINCE CONCLUSIVE AUTHORITY OVER SUCH MATTERS IS VESTED BY STATUTE IN THE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION. THE PROTEST IS DISMISSED.
B-210315, JAN 11, 1983
DIGEST: QUESTIONS CONCERNING SMALL BUSINESS SIZE STATUS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED BY GAO SINCE CONCLUSIVE AUTHORITY OVER SUCH MATTERS IS VESTED BY STATUTE IN THE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION.
ARCATA ASSOCIATES, INC.:
ARCATA ASSOCIATES, INC. PROTESTS THE AWARD OF A CONTRACT TO KLATE HOLT CO. BY THE NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION UNDER SOLICITATION NO. 1-20-5772.0038, A SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE. ARCATA CONTENDS THAT KLATE HOLT DOES NOT MEET THE APPLICABLE SMALL BUSINESS SIZE STANDARD.
UNDER 15 U.S.C. SEC. 637(B)(6) (1976), THE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION HAS CONCLUSIVE AUTHORITY TO DETERMINE MATTERS OF SMALL BUSINESS SIZE STATUS FOR PROCUREMENT PURPOSES. THEREFORE, OUR OFFICE DOES NOT REVIEW QUESTIONS OF A BIDDER'S SMALL BUSINESS SIZE STATUS. DOYLE SHIRT MANUFACTURING CORP., B-205959, JANUARY 11, 1982, 82-1 CPD 28.
THE PROTEST IS DISMISSED.