B-276389.2: Jul 8, 1997

A firm protested an Army contract award for meals, lodging, and transportation, contending that the Small Business Administration (SBA) improperly failed to consider information bearing on the awardee's status as a small business eligible for a certificate of competency. GAO held that the information considered by SBA and the determination of the awardee's size status were issues within SBA's excl...

B-276389.2: Jul 8, 1997

DIGEST Protest that Small Business Administration (SBA) improperly failed to consider vital information bearing on awardee's status as a small business in connection with deciding whether the awardee was eligible for the Certificate of Competency program is dismissed since protest essentially involves the issue of what information should be considered by SBA and challenges SBA's determination of t...