B-226272.2: Apr 17, 1987

A firm requested reconsideration of the dismissal of its protest against the Small Business Administration's (SBA) decision to dismiss its size-status protest, contending that SBA improperly determined that the awardee was a small business. GAO held that it would not consider size-status protests, since SBA had conclusive statutory authority to determine size status for federal procurements. Accor...

B-226272.2: Apr 17, 1987

NEWGARD ESSENTIALLY CONTENDS THAT THE SBA IMPROPERLY DETERMINED THAT ORO WAS A SMALL BUSINESS BECAUSE IT ALLEGEDLY ERRONEOUSLY INTERPRETED THE FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION (FAR). THE REGULATION DEFINES A SMALL BUSINESS AS "A CONCERN INCLUDING ITS AFFILIATES THAT IS INDEPENDENTLY OWNED AND OPERATED. NOT DOMINANT IN THE FIELD OF OPERATION IN WHICH IT IS BIDDING ON GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS. NEWGARD ADV...