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[Request for Reconsideration of Dismissed Protest of SBA Refusal to Issue COC]

B-234986.2: May 22, 1989

A firm requested reconsideration of its dismissed protest of the Small Business Administration's (SBA) refusal to issue it a certificate of competency (COC). GAO had held that it generally did not review SBA COC decisions. In its request for reconsideration, the firm contended that the Army notified it that GAO had the authority to consider protests. GAO held that the protester failed to show that...

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B-234986.2, May 22, 1989, 89-1 CPD 488

B-234986.2: May 22, 1989

Dismissal of a protest of the Small Business Administration's failure to issue a certificate of competency is affirmed. This Office does not review SBA's refusal to issue a COC unless the protester can show either that government officials may have acted fraudulently or in bad faith. We point out that the Army's letter of April 12 does not state that our Office will review Machine Cast's particula...

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