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Protest of Bid Rejection and Nonresponsibility Determination

B-194547: Apr 26, 1979

A company protested rejection of its firm as nonresponsible under a Department of the Navy solicitation and the denial by the Small Business Administration (SBA) of a Certificate of Competency. Protester also objected to the perfunctory nature of the preaward survey and to alleged inaccuracies in the Navy's preaward survey report. GAO will not question the contracting officer's determination that...

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B-194547, APRIL 26, 1979

B-194547: Apr 26, 1979

DIGEST: WHERE SMALL BUSINESS CONCERN IS FOUND TO BE NONRESPONSIBLE BY PROCURING ACTIVITY. SUBSEQUENT DENIAL OF CERTIFICATE OF COMPETENCY BY SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION IS VIEWED AS AFFIRMATION OF NONRESPONSIBILITY DETERMINATION. THE MATTER WAS REFERRED FOR REVIEW TO SBA AND POSSIBLE ISSUANCE OF A COC. 1979 AND AWARD WAS MADE TO THE SECOND LOW BIDDER. SBA'S DENIAL OF A COC IS AN AFFIRMATION OF TH...

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