B-207973, JUL 6, 1982
Highlights
DIGEST: PROTEST CONCERNING THE SMALL BUSINESS SIZE STATUS OF BIDDERS IS BY LAW A MATTER FOR DECISION BY THE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION AND NOT FOR CONSIDERATION BY GAO. ALL THREE SOLICITATIONS ARE SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDES ISSUED BY THE DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY. IS AFFILIATED WITH OTHER COMPANIES AND FOR THAT REASON IS NOT A SMALL BUSINESS. DLA100-82-B-0583 ON THE GROUNDS THAT LANDAU'S SOURCE OF SUPPLY IS DURO. OUR OFFICE WILL NOT REVIEW QUESTIONS OF A BIDDER'S SMALL BUSINESS SIZE STATUS. THE PROTEST IS DISMISSED.
B-207973, JUL 6, 1982
DIGEST: PROTEST CONCERNING THE SMALL BUSINESS SIZE STATUS OF BIDDERS IS BY LAW A MATTER FOR DECISION BY THE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION AND NOT FOR CONSIDERATION BY GAO.
PUTNAM MILLS CORPORATION:
PUTNAM MILLS CORPORATION (PUTNAM) PROTESTS THE AWARD OF CONTRACTS UNDER INVITATIONS FOR BIDS (IFB) NOS. DLA100-82-B-0398, DLA100-82-B 0482, AND DLA100-82-B-0583. ALL THREE SOLICITATIONS ARE SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDES ISSUED BY THE DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY, DEFENSE PERSONNEL SUPPORT CENTER (DLA).
PUTNAM PROTESTS THAT ONE OF THE BIDDERS IN IFB'S NOS. DLA100-82-B 0398 AND DLA100-82-B-0482, DURO FINISHING & PRINTING CORP. (DURO), IS AFFILIATED WITH OTHER COMPANIES AND FOR THAT REASON IS NOT A SMALL BUSINESS. PUTNAM LIKEWISE PROTESTS THE AWARD OF A CONTRACT TO H.LANDAU & CO. (LANDAU) UNDER IFB NO. DLA100-82-B-0583 ON THE GROUNDS THAT LANDAU'S SOURCE OF SUPPLY IS DURO. PUTNAM CONTENDS THAT THIS ASSOCIATION INVALIDATES LANDAU'S QUALIFICATION AS A SMALL BUSINESS BIDDER.
UNDER 15 U.S.C. SEC. 637(B)(6) (1976), THE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION HAS EXCLUSIVE AUTHORITY TO DETERMINE MATTERS OF SMALL BUSINESS SIZE STATUS FOR PROCUREMENT PURPOSES. THEREFORE, OUR OFFICE WILL NOT REVIEW QUESTIONS OF A BIDDER'S SMALL BUSINESS SIZE STATUS. DOYLE SHIRT MANUFACTURING CORP., B-205959, JANUARY 11, 1982, 82-1 CPD 28.
THE PROTEST IS DISMISSED.