WHERE SMALL BUSINESS SIZE PROTEST IS RECEIVED 1 1/2 HOURS AFTER AWARD MADE ON BID OPENING DATE. TERMINATION OF CONTRACT IS RECOMMENDED. CONTRACTING OFFICER HAS INDICATED THAT PROCUREMENT WOULD HAVE BEEN REFERRED TO SBA UNDER STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE IF RECEIVED BEFORE AWARD. WAS PROPERLY REJECTED. THE IFB WAS A 100-PERCENT SMALL BUSINESS SET- ASIDE AND CORONIS CONTENDS THAT THE AWARD WAS MADE...

A company protested the award of a contract under a total small business set-aside, alleging that the awardee was not a small business. The protester also protested the responsiveness of the second low bid and to the size status claimed by the third low bidder. Where the small business size protest was received 1-1/2 hours after the award was made on the bid opening date which was the last day of...