B-203603.2: Aug 18, 1981

DIGEST: AGENCY'S REQUEST FOR BID EXTENSION FROM BIDDER DOES NOT SUGGEST THAT AGENCY'S DENIAL OF EXTENSION OF TIME FOR SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (SBA) TO CONSIDER INFORMATION BEARING ON BIDDER'S RESPONSIBILITY WAS MOTIVATED BY BAD FAITH. ORIGINAL DECISION DISMISSING PROTEST OF DENIAL OF CERTIFICATE OF COMPETENCY IS AFFIRMED. IN WHICH WE DECLINED TO CONSIDER THE FIRM'S PROTEST OF THE AIR FORCE'S...

B-203603.2: Aug 18, 1981

A firm requested reconsideration of a prior decision in which GAO declined to consider a protest of an Air Force determination that the firm was not a responsible bidder after the Small Business Administration (SBA) refused to issue a Certificate of Competency (COC). The protester's request for reconsideration was based on its belief that there was evidence of bad faith on the part of the contract...