B-184420,B-185206:
Apr 7, 1976
The chief issue in a contract award protest was whether the contracting officer had to refer to the Small Business Administration (SBA) the determination that a small business concern was nonresponsible. Nonreferral to the SBA was proper since the determination of nonresponsibility was based upon technical unacceptability of the offerer's proposal. The question of the basis for determining technic...