https://www.gao.gov/products/439558

B-216372: Sep 28, 1984

AMS ASKS THAT WE ADVISE THE CONTRACTING OFFICER THAT NO AWARD SHOULD BE MADE UNTIL THE APPEAL IS HEARD. WE DO NOT CONSIDER WHETHER A FIRM IS A SMALL BUSINESS UNDER THE SIZE STANDARD APPLICABLE TO THE PROCUREMENT BECAUSE WE ARE NOT EMPOWERED TO MAKE SUCH DETERMINATIONS. WE HAVE BEEN INFORMALLY ADVISED BY DPSC THAT AS OF SEPTEMBER 21. THE PROTEST IS DISMISSED...

https://www.gao.gov/products/125274

B-216372: Sep 28, 1984

A firm protested a possible contract award to another firm under a Defense Personnel Support Center (DPSC) small business set-aside solicitation, contending that the awardee was not a small business. The protester requested that GAO order DPSC to withhold any award during the pendency of the protester's appeal to the Small Business Administration (SBA) regarding the awardee's size. GAO held that:...