B-210156.2: Sep 23, 1983

A small business firm requested reconsideration of a GAO decision which dismissed its protest of the Navy's determination of its nonresponsibility under a solicitation for sheet metal services. In that decision, GAO refused to review the determination because the Small Business Administration (SBA) conclusively determines the responsibility of small business bidders and SBA had found that the prot...

B-210156.2: Sep 23, 1983

INELIGIBILITY FINDING ON THAT BASIS IS TANTAMOUNT TO AN AFFIRMATION OF THE CONTRACTING OFFICER'S ORIGINAL DETERMINATION OF NONRESPONSIBILITY AND THEREFORE NOT SUBJECT TO GAO REVIEW. DISMISSING THE FIRM'S PROTEST AGAINST A DETERMINATION BY THE DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY THAT IT WAS NONRESPONSIBLE UNDER SOLICITATION NO. SINCE BY LAW THE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (SBA) IS EMPOWERED TO DETERMINE CONCL...