DIGEST: PROTEST IS DISMISSED WHERE QUESTION OF SMALL BUSINESS BIDDER'S RESPONSIBILITY IS PROPERLY BEFORE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION FOR POSSIBLE ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATE OF COMPETENCY. WHICH ARE SMALL BUSINESSES. THE ARMY ADVISES THAT THE QUESTION OF THE RESPONSIBILITY OF FJW WAS REFERRED TO THE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (SBA) AND SBA ISSUED FJW A CERTIFICATE OF COMPETENCY (COC). THE ARMY AL...

A firm protested a proposed Army contract award under a solicitation which was a partial small business set-aside. The protester alleged that neither the proposed awardee nor the second low bidder met the solicitation's definitive responsibility criteria. The question of the proposed awardee's responsibility was referred to the Small Business Administration (SBA) which issued a Certificate of Comp...