B-217283,B-217283.2,B-217283.3: Mar 14, 1985

Three firms protested the Department of Energy's (DOE) sale of crude oil from a petroleum reserve, contending that DOE improperly awarded the oil sale to a firm which was not a small refiner. GAO held that DOE properly relied on its subregion's certification of the awardee which had been made on an earlier DOE contract. Further, DOE waited the required 10-day period for the Small Business Administ...

B-217283,B-217283.2,B-217283.3: Mar 14, 1985

THE AWARD OF CONTRACTS FOR THE SALE OF CRUDE OIL FROM THE NAVAL PETROLEUM RESERVE UNDER A SOLICITATION CONTAINING A SMALL BUSINESS PREFERENCE (25 PERCENT OF SALES TO GO TO SMALL REFINERS) PRIOR TO RESOLUTION OF A SIZE PROTEST AGAINST THE STATUS OF ONE POTENTIAL AWARDEE BY THE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (SBA) IS NOT IMPROPER WHERE THE AGENCY RELIED ON THE BIDDER'S SELF-CERTIFICATION AND ON A PRI...