B-183450: Nov 13, 1975

WHERE CONTRACTING OFFICER DETERMINED OFFEROR WAS NONRESPONSIBLE DUE TO UNSATISFACTORY RATINGS IN PRODUCTION CAPABILITY. ALTHOUGH SOME INFORMATION IN PREAWARD SURVEY WAS ERRONEOUS. IT CANNOT BE SAID THAT DETERMINATION OF NONRESPONSIBILITY WAS UNREASONABLE OR WITHOUT FACTUAL BASIS. ALTHOUGH OFFEROR DENIED COC BY SBA CONTENDS DENIAL WAS ERRONEOUS AND SHOULD BE RECONSIDERED ON BASIS OF CERTAIN FINANCI...

B-183450: Nov 13, 1975

A company protested the agency's determination, based on a preaward survey, that it was not responsible. Although some information in the preaward survey was erroneous, the determination of nonresponsibility was not unreasonable or without factual basis. The denial of a Certificate of Competency (COC) by the Small Business Administration must be considered an affirmation of the determination of no...