B-234730: Jun 8, 1989

A firm protested a Centers for Disease Control (CDC) contract award for emergency alert system maintenance and repair services, contending that CDC should have referred its nonresponsibility determination to the Small Business Administration under certificate-of-competency (COC) procedures. GAO held that COC procedures did not apply to technical proposal deficiencies under a negotiated procurement...

B-234730: Jun 8, 1989

PROCUREMENT - Socio-Economic Policies - Small businesses - Competency certification - Applicability DIGEST: Certificate of competency (COC) procedures do not apply when a small business firm's offer in a negotiated procurement is considered weak under technical evaluation factors relating to experience and company resources since the COC program is reserved for reviewing nonresponsibility matters...