B-205421: Nov 19, 1981

A firm protested the award of a contract to any travel agent under requests for proposals (RFP) issued by the Department of Labor and the General Services Administration. The protester questioned the small business size status of travel agent offerors under these RFP's. Because the Small Business Administration is empowered to determine matters of small business size status for Federal procurement...

B-205421: Nov 19, 1981

DIGEST: QUESTIONS CONCERNING SMALL BUSINESS SIZE STATUS ARE NOT FOR CONSIDERATION BY GAO SINCE CONCLUSIVE AUTHORITY OVER SUCH MATTERS IS VESTED BY STATUTE IN SBA. BOTH RFP'S ARE FOR PROCUREMENT OF TRAVEL SERVICES BY THESE AGENCIES. THE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (SBA) IS EMPOWERED TO CONCLUSIVELY DETERMINE MATTERS OF SMALL BUSINESS SIZE STATUS FOR FEDERAL PROCUREMENT PURPOSES. THE SBA HAS THE A...