A firm protested an Army small business set-aside contract award, contending that the Army improperly awarded the contract before the Small Business Administration (SBA) resolved its appeal of the awardee's size status. GAO held that the Army properly awarded the contract, since SBA determined that the awardee was a small business and the outcome of the appeal would not affect the award. According...

PROCUREMENT - Socio-Economic Policies - Small businesses - Size determination - Pending protests - Contract awards DIGEST: Protest of agency's award of a contract while protest challenging the size status of the awardee was still pending is dismissed where the Small Business Administration had determined that the awardee is a small business concern for this procurement pursuant to a size challenge...