B-281237: Jan 14, 1999

DIGEST Small Business Administration (SBA) reasonably determined that protester was ineligible for award of 8(a) construction contract where protester failed to provide sufficient information during SBA's investigation to show that it established and maintained a qualifying office (other than office space provided by the government) staffed with at least one full-time employee within the geographi...

B-281237: Jan 14, 1999

A firm protested an Army Corps of Engineers contract award for construction services, contending that the Small Business Administration (SBA) unreasonably determined that it did not satisfy the geographic restriction contained in the solicitation. GAO held that SBA reasonably determined that the protester was ineligible for award, since it failed to provide sufficient information during SBA's inve...