B-236873.2: Apr 5, 1990

A firm requested reconsideration of its denied protest against the Army's rejection of its bid as nonresponsible. GAO had held that the protester untimely submitted its certificate-of-competency (COC) application to the Small Business Administration (SBA). In its request for reconsideration, the protester contended that: (1) GAO did not hold a fact-finding conference to address the merits of the p...

B-236873.2: Apr 5, 1990

Is denied because the fact finding procedure is used only when a material factual dispute cannot be resolved on the written record and the protest allegations were resolvable on the written record. Munitions and Chemical Command (AMCCOM) finding that it was nonresponsible under request for proposals (RFP) No. The matter was properly before the SBA. The record supported the finding the application...