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[Protest of SBA Failure to Issue COC]

B-233661: Mar 16, 1989

A firm protested the Small Business Administration's (SBA) failure to issue it a certificate of competency (COC) under a Veterans Administration (VA) solicitation for bar-coding services, contending that: (1) SBA acted in bad faith by failing to consider vital information; (2) SBA improperly investigated its financial capability; and (3) VA lacked urgent and compelling reasons to award the contrac...

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B-233661, Mar 16, 1989, 89-1 CPD 280

B-233661: Mar 16, 1989

PROCUREMENT - Socio-Economic Policies - Small businesses - Competency certification - Bad faith - Allegation substantiation DIGEST: Protester fails to show that denial of a certificate of competency by Small Business Administration (SBA) was the result of bad faith or failure to consider information vital to protester's responsibility. The purpose of the bar coding is to allow the folder to be tra...

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