A firm protested the award of a contract to another firm under a solicitation issued by the Defense Logistics Agency, contending that its bid was improperly rejected and that it was improperly determined to be nonresponsible. GAO held that, since the determination of nonresponsibility was made by the Small Business Administration and the Department of Labor, it would not review the case. According...

CONTRACTS - SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS - AWARDS - RESPONSIBILITY DETERMINATION - NONRESPONSIBILITY FINDING - REVIEW BY GAO GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WILL NOT CONSIDER PROTEST WHERE A SMALL BUSINESS PROTESTER'S INITIAL OBJECTION THAT ITS BID IMPROPERLY WAS FOUND NONRESPONSIVE HAS BEEN RENDERED ACADEMIC BY THE CONTRACTING AGENCY'S REDETERMINATION OF RESPONSIVENESS. THE PROTESTER WAS SUBSEQUENTLY DETERM...