B-218010.2: Feb 25, 1985

A firm protested the Air Force's intention to ignore the Small Business Administration's (SBA) ruling on the protester's status as a dealer of a solicited item as guiding its own ruling of the protester's approved source status. GAO held that an SBA ruling would merely determine the protester's status as a dealer under the Walsh-Healey Act and that its approved source status was to be determined b...

B-218010.2: Feb 25, 1985

PROTEST ALLEGING THAT SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (SBA) DETERMINATION OF OFFEROR'S STATUS AS REGULAR DEALER OR MANUFACTURER UNDER WALSH-HEALEY ACT IS DISPOSITIVE OF OFFEROR'S STATUS AS AN APPROVED SOURCE IS DENIED. SINCE THERE IS NO SUPPORT IN WALSH-HEALEY ACT FOR PROTESTER'S CONTENTION THAT THE SBA DETERMINATION CONTROLS THE AGENCY'S APPROVED SOURCE DETERMINATION. PROTEST CHALLENGING OFFEROR'S...