B-221202: Dec 31, 1985

A small business firm protested: (1) several successive Army nonresponsibility determinations where it submitted the low offer; (2) the Army's delay in awarding it a contract as a low offerer under a solicitation where the Small Business Administration (SBA) was prepared to issue it a certificate of competency (COC); (3) its suspension as a government contractor; and (4) the Army's delay of work a...

B-221202: Dec 31, 1985

PROTEST OF GOVERNMENT'S DELAY UNDER CONTRACT AND THE TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF PROGRESS PAYMENTS UNDER CONTRACTS ARE MATTERS OF CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION AND ARE NOT FOR CONSIDERATION BY GAO UNDER ITS BID PROTEST REGULATIONS. GAO WILL NOT REVIEW AN AGENCY'S REJECTION OF A SMALL BUSINESS AS NONRESPONSIBILE WHERE THE BIDDER DID NOT FILE AN APPLICATION WITH THE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION FOR A CERTIFI...