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107905 1 (1978-10-24)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacxsc0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I..' il a A, UNITED STATES GENERAL AccoUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548 *EP'L B-191788 OICE CO GENERAL COUNSEL June 15, 1978 LMi07905 Mr. N. E. Chrisfield, President Owatonna Services, Inc. P. 0. Box 672 Owatonna, Minnesota 55060 Dear Mr. Chrisfield: This is in response to your protest filed on behalf of Owatonna Services, Inc. under Invitation for Bids (IFB) F05611-78-B-0026, issued by the U. S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado. You protested the Air Force's rejection of Owatonna's bid as nonresponsive and asserted the alleged deficiencies cited by the Air Force were matters affecting the firm's responsibility. Therefore you requested that the matter be referred to the Small Business Administra- tion (SBA) for possible issuance of a Certificate of Compe- tency (COC). We have been advised by the Air Force that the con- tracting officer has reevaluated your bid and now considers it responsive. However, he has found Owatonna nonresponsi- ble and has forwarded the contract file to the SDA for a COC determination. Under 15 U.S.C. S 037(b)(7) (1970), as amended by Pub. L. No. 95-89 S 501, 91 Stat. 553, the SBA has authority to conclusively determine all elements of responsibility. Accordingly, our Office does not review SBA determinations or require the SBA to issue a COC even if we disagree with SBA's judgment. Red Ball Transfer & Storage, B-190255, December 21, 1977, 77-2 CPD 492. Fur- thermore, inasmuch as the Air Force has complied with your k

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