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B-193121 1 (1978-11-03)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadgpd0001 and id is 1 raw text is: A STHE COMgyTWOLLORN OENERAL op 0 FC ISI10N FILE: -193121 OATE: November 3, 1978 MATTFR OF. Keco .ndustries, Inc. DIGEST; GAO will not review SA determination to issue COC, which is conwlusive with reEpevt to fir.'s responsibility. Therefore, request for review should be referred to SEA. Keco Industries, Inc. (Keco), protests the award of a contract by the United Statas Army to Wedj, Inc., under solicitation No. DAAKO1-78-B-1237. The award was made after a certificate of compete'ncy (COC) regarding Wedj's responsibility was i3sued by the Small Business Administration (SBA). Keco presents certain information concerning Wedj's association with anoTher firm, Prigitemp Corporation, which r; : contends was not reviewed by either the contracting officer or the SBA. Keco argues that such information should have had a serious adverse impact upon the consideration of Wedj's responsibility and, therefore, upon the propriety of the issuance of the COC. Our Office will not review an SBA determination under 15 U.S.C. S 637(b)(7) (1976), as amended by Pub. L. No. 95-89,5g 501, 91 Stat. 533, which gives that ggency the authority to issue or deny a COC. Crawford Development and Manrfacturing, R-188110, March 15, 1977, 77-1 CPD 193. Therefore, the protester should refer the request for review to the SBA. Reco also states that it has been advised by the contracting officer that notwithstanding the impact of the subject information, the Army is bound under the procurement regulations by the SBA's issuance of the COC. Keco contends that the COC is not binding on the Army absent the denial of '.n appeal by the contracting officer taken

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